The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Page #4

in a beautiful...

pea-green boat.

Said the owl to the pussycat...

"Come with me to the Crazy Horse West...

and Mr. Fascination will

take us to gay 'Pa-ree. "'

Paris.

Parigi to those of you

who are multilingual.

Let's not take a jet or an ocean liner.

But using your imaginations...

and with our humble

efforts on stage here...

let's transport ourselves...

to that city on the

Seine 9,000 miles away.

The City of Light, La Ville Lumiere...

Paris.

Hurry it up. Hurry it up, girls.

Let's get the show on the road.

There you are.

I can't give you

- Anything but love

- Take it off!

Baby

Excuse me, sir...

but I'm new here.

She certainly is.

Please, I have no money, no

place to eat, no place to sleep.

Well, this must be the place.

Beep, beep!

- Beep, beep! Beep, beep!

- That's the only thing

I've plenty of

Baby

Dream awhile

Scheme awhile

Take it off!

You're sure to find

Happiness

And I guess

- All the things

- Oh, yeah!

You've always pined for

Mademoiselle...

does this brute...

this beast bite?

Pardon?

Your dog, baby. Does this bowwow...

bite?

- No, he won't.

- So, what does he do?

You comb her...

- you wash her...

- And him?

You feed her.

That you do to a dog?

I'd like to see

You lookin' swell

Baby

Diamond bracelets Woolworth's

Doesn't sell

Baby

Till that lucky day

You know damn well

Yeah!

Well.

Excusez-moi, mademoiselle...

etes-vous Francaise?

Oui, oui.

Her face is...

Her face is familiar.

Qui est la?

- Qui est who?

- Qui est la?

- Qui est who?

- Qui est you, baby.

Merde.

I can't give you anything but

Nothing in this great big world but

I can't give you autre chose

But love Sweet love

Sweet love Sweet love

I can't give you anything

But love

Now I would-

Turn us on, babes.

- They go wild

- Oh, not again.

Simply wild

Over me

When I'm wild

When I'm mild

- Still wild over me

- I can't give you anything but love

When a lady asks for more

I say Love, you get what for

- More, will you? Give me it. More, more.

- Oh, shut up.

- Look what you have here.

- They go wild, simply wild

They go wild, very wild

Over me

Come on, baby. I'm

going to take you home.

I think I-

We're going to smoke it.

Do you like to eat it instead?

Did you hear what she said?

- Come on, baby.

- Listen, there's a cop.

You see, ladies and gentlemen...

there are now laws against

such things in Paris.

It is not the Paris of old.

Or is it?

Give you anything but love

Love, love Sweet love

Love, love, love Sweet love

I can't give you anything

But love

Hey, fella, you got a doorman?

- Yes, sir.

- Get him, will ya?

- But you can't park here. We have a parking lot.

- Right.

- You'll get a ticket.

- Okay.

- If you don't mind, I'll park it for you.

- Cosmo Vittelli inside?

- Yes, sir.

- Get him, will ya, fella?

- Sure.

- Thank you.

Found us a valuable spot.

Mr. Vittelli, there's

some gentlemen outside for you.

- Hey, go learn some manners. Get going.

- Yes, sir.

Be right back, Sonny.

Hey, Cosmo.

That's good.

You know my friends, the

Santa Monica gentlemen.

John, Eddie, Phil.

Mort.

Cosmo.

Yeah. Cosmo.

Vince, wait inside.

If there's any trouble, I'll be inside.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

You've got a nice spot

here, Mr. Vittelli.

Who do I talk to?

- You talk to all of us.

- At once.

- How are ya?

- I'm fine, thanks.

Just wanted to drop by and say hi...

see how you were feeling.

Those Fu Manchu mustaches.

And they're very uptight, you know.

They're very resentful because they don't

know whether they're Chinese-American...

or American-Chinese, you know.

His name is Ling.

Well, what does he do?

Well, he's a bookie.

A Chinese bookie.

See, what we need you for is

this. We got this little problem...

and you can help us out.

- And that's what we're talking about, see? Some...

- Listen. Wait a minute.

I think I understand.

I'm not dumb, but I...

- I'm not a fool.

- Did you call him a fool, Mort?

Did I call you a fool?

Nobody called you a fool.

- That's good.

- Be smart, Cosmo.

This guy owes us money.

He's gotta pay.

I want to reduce the debt,

but not get rid of it.

So, you want to reduce the debt but

not get rid of it. Is that right?

That's it. Yeah.

How much?

Boys, look-

Mr. Vittelli...

the first rule of good businessman

is to know what you're talking about.

Now, Mr. Vittelli, what

are you talkin' about?

Wait a minute, fellas.

- We're goin' too fast.

- We're goin' too fast.

Yeah. Fast.

Hey, Rach.

I'm hot.

It's hot down here.

I'm not hungry. Give me some...

Coca-Cola.

Let's do somethin'.

What do you want to do?

- Want to go to a movie?

- Let's go to a movie.

- A Chinese movie?

- Chinese movie. Why not?

Get out of this heat, get in

some air-conditioning?

All right. Enough. We've

seen three pictures.

- Here it is. Here it is.

- Where's my purse?

I got it.

Here we go. Come on. Let's

go, girls. Here we go.

Jesus Christ. It's night.

Here. Here's your hat.

Lamarr, why didn't you

come in and get us?

- Didn't want to disturb you.

- What time is it?

- It's late.

- Of course it's late!

The show, for Christ's sake.

Let's get in here. Come on, girls.

Come on.

Come on. Let's go.

Let's go, for Christ's sake!

Let's go.

Hey. You're gonna make me...

Come on.

Quiet. Quiet.

- Many a heart is

- Hold it.

Breaking

If you could read them all

- What the hell kind of number is that?

- Many the hopes

- That have vanished

- "After the Ball Is Over. " The ball is just beginning.

- Go on and get dressed. I never want to see that song in the show again.

- After the ball

It's a strip joint. Nobody takes

their clothes off, for Christ's sakes.

- After de ball is over

- Take it away, Fifi.

This show is going so bad maybe

I should take all my clothes off.

Cosmo.

Hey, Mort. How are ya?

Didn't find him, did ya?

Nah. I didn't want to find him.

I don't understand.

I don't want to reduce the debt.

- You don't?

- No.

Well, what do you want to do?

Well, I owe you money, I'll pay ya.

- Step outside.

- I'm busy. I'll see you in a few minutes.

Please, do yourself a favor.

I mean, you know I like you.

Do yourself a favor and step outside.

Okay, Mort.

Okay. Okay.

I get the message.

Beautiful-

Beautiful.

Now... baccio la mano.

Now we have a relationship.

Now we can talk.

Sure.

Mi, what a wonderful...

Che bello.

Well?

Give it to him.

You know how to load it?

Check the bullets, Flo.

Don't forget the bullets.

Put that safety on.

Yeah. That's right.

Oh, we borrowed a

car. It's parked behind us.

That's what you'll use.

Yeah.

It's real hot.

There won't be an alert

out for an hour or two.

Take a look at it so you

know what you're driving.

It's automatic.

It's run on a wire, so don't

stall it. There's no key.

Cosmo.

You see this?

You know where the

Laurel Ventura Freeway is?

- Yeah.

- You go over Laurel.

Two blocks on the other side of the

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