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the show at support dot great Detectives dot net. Well, folks, it's
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time now for today's episode of the Case Book of Gregory Hood. Today's episode
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is entonnled South of the Border Tonight. The Petrie family, the family that
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took time to bring you good wine, invite you to listen to the story
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South of the Border, another exciting adventure from the Case Book of Gregory Hood.
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And I'd like to ask you if you know one sure way to turn
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a simple meal into a regular feast, just serve that meal with a good
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Petrie dinner wine. Let's say Petrie California Burgundy. Petri Burgundy, you know,
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is the perfect companion for any kind of meat or meat dish. It's
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a red wine just as rich in flavor as it is in colored And if
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you want to know how really good it is, serve that Petri Burgundy with
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a hamburger cook the way you like it, tender delicious, Or try that
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Petri Burgundy with a savory beef stew with pork chops. And of course,
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if you can wangle it. Try Patrick Burgundy with a thick, juicy steak.
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Ah, believe me, that's eating eating, That's well, that's out
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of this world. And believe me, patri Burgundy is a wine that's clear,
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fragrant, and delicious, a wine that you can serve your friends proudly
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of that you can be sure. Remember those five letters P, E,
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T R I. They spell the proudest name in the long history of fine
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wine. Well, it's Monday night in San Francisco and we have a date
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with Gregory Hood and his friend Sanderson Taylor. Tonight's rendezvous is at Gregory's apartment
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high on knob Hill and overlooking the Golden Gate. Let's join in, man
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we Harry Bartell, how are you aiding? Sandy? Where's Gregory? Can't
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you hear him? Oh? Hello, Harra aiding Gregg. That sounds well.
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He's nice, isn't it here? Latest composition? Oh this is mine,
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Harry? I which it were? This is one of Richard Comp's compositions.
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He goes in to him, per pc broken heart. Seems to me
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he is something of a rival of yours. Greg He's a famous importer,
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and now it turns out he's an amateur composer of distinction too. Yes,
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Harry, but don't imagine there's any rivalry between him. They're the best of
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friends. Oh, there's distinct rivalry between us. On the golf course,
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Sandy, you played this afternoon. If I hadn't hooked my drive on the
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thirteenth, that's where I'd have beaten him. Oh. On the way home,
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he took me by a store and gave me a private showing of his
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wonderful collection of stere ben glads. It's a must on your list, Harry.
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I'll go there tomorrow now. Greg has a bounce with that story.
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It's coming right up, you see. Dick Gump and I work very closely
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in the importing business. On this particular occasion we crossed swords with a very
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slimy dealer by the name of Severn Stackpool. It was to Postall Stackpool that
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I decided recently to pry down to Mexico City. I'd heard that the Royal
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jade collection of Grosnia was for sale, so I decided to be in at
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the bidding on the ground floor. The Royal collection of Grosny and jade sounds
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pretty impressive, Greg, but and I don't want to fear stupid. Where
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is Grosney. It's one of the more obscure Balkan countries. The royal family,
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complete with the priceless jade collection, which four generations of Grosnyan rulers have
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been assembling, left the country and came to Mexico City. But I'll come
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to that in a moment. As soon as I heard about the jade collection,
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I naturally got in touch with Dick Gump. As you know, he
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has one of the finest collections of jade in the world. But Dick was
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tied up, so he arranged to purchase the stuff jointly. Sandy and I
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lost no time in hopping the next plain south. When we landed in Mexico
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City, it was one of those cool, fresh days, bright sun,
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but a very small, very very you know, Sandy, I haven't been
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to Mexico City for a couple of years. It's good to be back.
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It's a great spot. Yes, I've always liked it in a way.
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It isn't Mexican anymore than San Francisco is purely American. It's a city for
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citizens of the world, and very attractive. Some of those citizens are too.
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I wondered how long it would before you spotted that girl standing at the
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barrier. Oh no, she's coming over to us. Presly, girl,
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bring it to me. I beg your pardon, so you do not wish
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to speak girls Nian before your American friend? Very well, he would come
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with me. No, you're right, I'm afraid the answer is no.
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She spoke in Grossnian? Did you know we were coming about to Jay?
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I sent Count Pablau a wire. He's the official guardian of the royal collection.
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Are you an emissary of his young lady? I do not understand this
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talk of count problem, not ja. I only know that my orders are
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that you must come with me. Who gave you those orders? I cannot
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answer that question. Well, normally i'd be delighted to join you, but
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I'm here on urgent business. But if you'll give me your phone number,
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i'll call you when I'm in the clayar. Do not make phone at me.
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I'm going to make you come with me. I don't see how,
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darling. We're two great, big husky men and you're just a whisper for
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girl. Even if you're a judo expert, I think you'll find it's tough
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sledding. You will come with me alone? I rather think I will have
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said so long Sanday? Wait? Gregory, Hey, young lady, what
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do you want? Don't kill Sandy? You might conceivably lose control of the
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revolver that's fitted so snugly in my ribs. This is this is kidnapping and
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board day Lord, it's not possible. Where's your chauffeur driving us to the
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house of Prince Petrups somewhere else? Who is he? And why are we
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going there? You know as well as I do. It's not this mainly.
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You're right. Look, darling, you must have me mixed up with
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someone else. I've never heard of Prince Rosoul. My name is Gregory Hood
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and I'm an importer from San Francisco. You're still a playboy and thot?
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Are you not Grigoro? Sure, but I'm not your Grigoroo. By the
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way, what's your name? You know as well as your own? Yes,
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But as my name seems to be a matter for discussion, it would
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be simpler if you told me yours. My name is Maria Maria Crag and
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your nationality Maria? What game do you play? Gregoro? I am Grasny
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and of course, just as you are as I am. This begins to
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make Alice in Wonderland look like a who done it? Now? Listen,
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Mario, we arrive at Prince's house. Follow me and not tricks. Please,
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as you remember, I am not an amateur with a reverb. A
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Prince Hirsol is waiting at the door. He will be so happy to see
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you again. Gregoro, my dear dear boy, come in. I've been
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waiting your arrival with such anxiety. You mean you recognize me too? What
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rubbish are you talking? How could I fail to recognize you? Gregoru?
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I come in in, my boy, come in, and I have so
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much to tell you. We will go into my study. You wish me
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to say, Prince pearsoon. No, Maria, you may leave us.
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And you have done well my child. You brought him here most speedily.
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I'm pleased with you. Thank you. And now, my dear greg let
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me look at you. It warms my old heart to see you. You
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must allow me and embrace. Look, this is all very touching, but
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will you give me some faint idea of what goes? You have me kidnapped
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with the air. That's been me to have to do that. My dear
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gregorl but I could take no chances. You know how difficult it has been
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for me to handle you in the past. Let me ask you one simple
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question, Prince, who the heck do you think I am? Who should
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I think you are? I you're all and trusted, Prime minister, Prime
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minister? Should you be? But Gregoru the sixteenth hereditary King of Gostna.
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Lieutenant Baldez, how many times do I have to tell you my friend was
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kidnapped before my very eye for mister Taylor, how can you expect me to
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take your story here is perfectly true? My dear mister Taylor, I am
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interested in matters of criminalists. I know the activities in hood. I also
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have heard of his tall I say, his extracurricular activity. What do you
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mean, Lieutenant? He is not storious lady killer? I understand. What's
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that got to do with that? A great deal? I am sure you
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have told me he neglects his business to go up with a beautiful girl and
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then invents the absolutely theme story that he's being kidnapped. Should I concern myself
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or my men with your friend's love life? I insist that you try and
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locate Lieutenant appeals at the concert. I doubt that mister Hood will thank you
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for your interference. Now, mister Taylor, I'm afraid I must say goodbye
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to you. I have serious work to attend to. But Prince perrosol,
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I tell you my name is Gregory Hood. I'm an importer, and I
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live in San Francisco. Yes, we are used to your many ingenuous disguisers
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and alter egos. But the time has come when you can shirk your royal
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responsibilities. No longer. Your life as a playboy must finish. Oh so
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I've been a playboy. You have left the trail of broken hearts from Paris
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to Buenos Aires. That this must seize, Gregor. It's an unfortunate necessity
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of politics that the monarchist party must offer the people a monarch that Gregoro is
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why have you brought here? But how did you find me? I mean
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greg And of course you haven't found him. What I mean is what makes
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you think I am Hey? We knew you would come here to Mexbood City
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for a very good reason. A need raised in town. He's dancing at
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the Gatouasul. We know that for all your wanderings, you always return to
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her. I can see that I might have certain tastes in common with myself,
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But confedsoul, this game's gone far enough. It's a case of mistaken
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identity. Let me call the American Counsulate and prove to you who I am.
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No, Gregoro, we dare not let you near a telephone as yet,
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not until you have agreed entirely to our plans. Oh look here,
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this is crazy. You got hold me here against my will. Oh yes
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we can, my dear boy. And if you have any notions of trying
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to escape, I might remind you that Maria will be guarding you. Come.
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Let us discuss this in the morning. You will have a clearer mind
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than and see my reasons. And now I will show you to your room.
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Queen Helena, your wife is waiting for you. There, my wife,
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You are comfortable in our hotel, mister Taylor. Yes, thanks,
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as comfortable as a man can be. When his best friends disappeared. There
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haven't been any messages. No, mister Taylor. You have reported his disappearance
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to the police. Yes, and they won't take me seriously. No,
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will the Consulate excuse me? I'll tell that disco. The Gregory Wood just
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a moment. Please, San Francisco is calling, mister Wood. I'll take
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the call. You can take it in the booth over there, Sanderson Taylor
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speaking, Hello, This is Richard. Oh Hello, Dick. Is Greg
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there? Dick? He's been kidnapped by girl, by a girl? Sandy?
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Is that Mexican? Sern a little? I'm not kidding, Dick.
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The girl had a revolver and a rap. I've been going up to be
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frantic. Neither the police nor the consulate would take me seriously. Well,
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look, sendy. The vice counselor is a friend of mine. I'll call
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him as soon as a hanger. But in the meanwhile, I'm news for
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you. I just got a tip at sever and Stackpool got Quinn that you
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and Greg left on the Grossni and Jade deal. He flew out on a
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charted plaine four hours ago. You must find Greg and tell him to close
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the deal as soon as it's humanly possible. And now, Grigoro, I
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shall leave you and Queen Elena together. Dutcher and some couple. How splendid
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the fellow you would look standing on a balcony with you cheering people below,
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talk some sense to do him. Lena will go. Let's settle this down,
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Jerade, once and for all. You're supposed to be my wife.
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You should know whether I'm me or not. I do not know what you
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mean, Gregor. All I know is that you are my husband and that
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I love you very much. Heaven help me, holy smoke, not you
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too? Now, Look, darling, what's the game? Knowing me as
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well as your might, well as any stranger in your harem oh? Do
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they have herems in Grasnia? I have loved you, Grigoroo, even though
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my father arranged our marriage purely as a political move. I shall probably always
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love you, and you will undoubtedly never be under the same roof with me.
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Say when a protocol the man is I should hate you, Grigoro,
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Yet in my heart I find nothing but love and pity for us both.
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And will you kiss me good night? Or is that asking too much?
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Know Elena, I don't think that's asking too much. Good night? Must
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itch me good night. I'm afraid sorry, Leonie. I have a busy
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time ahead of me, my love. This is becoming embarrassing. I've got
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to get out of here. Well, the window's unlocked. Maybe I can
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oh, hello, Maria, I was afraid you might be out there.
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There was a time and you were glad of my company. I don't doubt
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it, Maria, But on those occasions, I imagine you didn't totally shiny
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automatic. I also doubt whether you purchased yourself outside my windows. Won't you
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come in? I'm sure it's getting chilly out there. I want to talk
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to you very well, but not leech. Now, what do you want
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from me? Complete honesty? Count Ursul and Queen and Yana went all emotional
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over me. You at least have played the thing straight. I think I've
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played my cards well. Now, look, Maria, one thing we have
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to get straight right away. I'll swear on any convenient stack of Bibles that
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I am not King Grigoroo the sixteenth. Of course, I know that at
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last somebody's making sense who should know better than I that you are not the
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king. Oh I'm delighted, Maria, But what makes you so positive?
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For the most obvious reason, did I not help you murdering? You'll hear
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the rest of Gregoryhood's story in just a second, just time enough for me
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to say a good word about a good white wine. Petrie, California is
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so turned. Petri so Turn is a delicate wine, golden in color,
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with a marvelous subtle flavor. One step and you'll know that you've discovered the
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kind of wine you long looked for. And wait till you sample that Petrick
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so turn served with chicken. What a combination. And Patrie's so turned is
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not only great with chicken, but it's swell with any kind of fish or
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seafood too. You just taste that Patri so turn and see what I mean
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to be sure you get a good wine. Be sure you get Petrie wine.
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Well, Greg, this is one of the scruelier stories I ever heard.
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It sounds it doesn't it, Harry, Yet it's perfectly true. It
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seems to me like a double case of mistake and identity. That's the way
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it seemed to me at the time. I figured that Maria had had a
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boyfriend who was a double for the real king. They had murdered the king
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and placed me, that is the boyfriend in his stead. Now they were
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deliberately letting me, that is him, be found by the monarchists party.
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To go back to Grossnia and Breen, it's pretty a little mixed up as
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ever I heard. How did you get out of it well. As Maria
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made her remarkable statement, I had a sudden inspiration, Harry, I saw
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a way to play the No, you're not the real king? Did I
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not help you murder him? You helped me to Maria? You may be
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right at that I met you, griguru. Whatever may have happened to your
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memory, I can assure you that I have not forgotten. I can't understand
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myself. My mind it's been confused lately. I can't seem to remember things
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properly. Do you suppose could I really be the man you think I am?
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Am I suffering from mamnesia, you poor darling. Of course that explains
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why you've been acting so strangely. That must be what's wrong, Maria.
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You have to help me regain my memory, of course, But what can
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I do? I've often heard that a sudden shock can do the trick.
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Perhaps if I fired this revolvering screen that you're trying to answer, No,
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no, darling, that's a little too violent. I feel that a more
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psychological treatment might be better. Tell me, Maria, I gather that my
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past has been a trifle sticky. Which of the women in my life were
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the closest to me. That is not hard to answer, Amitri the dancinger.
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Oh, yes, yes, Prince Phiosol mentioned her, and she's in
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Mexico City at the moment. I understand. Yes, she's dancing at the
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at Oasour. We know that you would not be able to keep away from
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her. Always, in whatever country you have been in, with whatever women
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you have, always come back to Anitra. She sounds sensational, she said,
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devil. She knows that you killed the king, and yet she gave
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her heart to you before even his funeral had taken place. I'm even more
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of a cad than I thought. But look, Maria, you want to
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help me get my memory back, don't you. Yes, I will help
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you. Well, you're my body God. You escort me to the ghatawassou.
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Let me take a gander at a nietra. Maybe my memory will come
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back. Perhaps I will Grigoro, but I shall keep these three bulber hands.
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Okay, Maya. By the way, you still call me Grigoroo.
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If we are supposed to have bumped off King Grigoroo, how come I still
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have his name? Because it was a greed you would adopt the name your
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real name when you served the prison term in nineteen thirty seven was steppn Radney.
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Something new has been added, So I served a prison term? Did
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I curious, sir? And curious her? What was my crime? Perhaps
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it will help your memory if I show you a copy of your police record,
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Gregor Room, I have a photostatic copy made in the fire bro I.
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The photograph is an exact like that. Hello, Hello, see these
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fingerprints on the record. Are these supposed to be mine? But of course
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then this, my sweetheart, is an occasion when you're in line for something
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of a shark. Now here's my driving license. I want you to compare
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the two prints. I'm very much afraid you will find this a slight discrepancy.
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No, Grego, the prints are identical. What let me see that?
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You must be quite miss, Holy smoke, they are the same,
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of course they are. I'm beginning to wonder myself who I am. Well,
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there's only one way to clear this up at you, and that you
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and your revolver mistake me to see Anietra, my great love. I'm on,
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darling, stop glowering at me and let's go. Lieutenant does this is
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the first time I've come to you tonight, and this time mister Taylor,
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I must apologize. Perhaps I was unduly skeptical. The American Counselate have officially
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asked us to conduct the search for your friend. Thank the Lord that come
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could pull some strings. Well let's go, But where my friend? I
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have no clues, but I can tell you one thing. If you were
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right in thinking that mister Hood was not being held captive, then I know
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where to look for him. Where, mister Taylor in the spot that has
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the best food, the best wine, and most attractive dancwer in Mexico City.
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If you are correct as to your friend's taste, I think we will
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find him. If not, we shall at least spend a pleasant evening for
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ourselves. And you like the Gato st B group very shiny, smooth,
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very nice while we were waiting for anit or to appear? Could I interest
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you in a roomba? And not this time? You are too pull a
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trick if we do not ten everything better control of my revolver. A very
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conscientious escort, aren't you, darling? It's lucky? I'm fairy scripulous.
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My old father used to say that jumping jo hoose back? What you steering
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it? Look you're sitting at the table across the floor. It's Sandy Taylor.
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It is your American friends in the airfield, and from the cut of
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his companion, I venture the opinion that he's a minion of the law.
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Maria, my love, I'm afraid the honeymoon is over. It's I've got
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some overdue business to attend to. The lighting here is discreet. Your friend
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has not seen you. If you need this tabless or plan, Maria,
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give me that revowal no see Tom Gregor, give me that revolver darling.
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Thank you. I am a weak cool I could not do it. I
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could not shoot you even winn it. We'll talk about them later. Come
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with me, Mario. You're a good girl, and if what I think
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is true, you may not be too safe. Come on, we'll cut
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through here, Hie, san Ny Gregory ricks Cott man, I've been worried
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to death about you. I've been a little worried about myself too. This
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is Lieutenant Valdez of the Police sister Hood. I'm proud to meet you,
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and I'm very relieved to meet you. Lieutenant. I need a little police
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protection. Please introduce me. There's no time for that, darling, right
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now. We're all going over to talk to Count Pablou and see if we
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can buy some jade. Then we'll come back here and do a little celebrating.
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Well, Gregory, it's turned out all right. You close the deal
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with Count Pablau. And yes, but I only got it in the nick
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of time. You saw that large black liverousine drive up to the Count's house
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as we left. That was mister Severn Stackpool by Champagne Mario. Thank you.
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How about you, Lieutenant Valdet. I am no longer on duty.
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Thank you, mister Hood. Gregory, I've got a million questions to ask
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her. Yes, I thought you might be curious, Sandy, and I'm
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mister Hood as a humble member of the police force. And maybe it look
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curious too. Here we are back again in the Catozool and still I do
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not know what's happening. Your prentise tell me that he's charming young lady kidnapped
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you. What am I to believe? Officially? Nothing, Lieutenant, I
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don't propose to prefer chargers. What Gregory, this girl pulled a gun on
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you, I know, Sandy, but with so much charm. Mariya,
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darling, how about an explanation. Oh, by the way, is your
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name really Maria? Oh? Yes, and I really am a grass who
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is at the back of this elaborate hunk of play acting tonight? Was it
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Severn Stackpool? Yes, several Stackpool employers. You know that you have to
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prevent you seeing Count Pavlo until you arrive here and close the deal. So
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he divides his plan. Listen, Maria, I know Severn Stackpool. His
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mind isn't capable of dreaming up such a wild and moly plotter as this.
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No, but he's best friend here in Mexico cost City, Antonio Serni deal
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the declating mystery writer. Antonio knows your weakness for peculiar props and whim you're
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getting an international fame, Gregory, I know, quite flattering. So Antonio
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dreamed up this crazy plot full of excitement and danger and girls, in the
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hopes that it keep me occupied until Stackpool got here and closed the Jade deal.
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I suppose, yes, Queence Fiarusol, Queen Lena and I are all
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professional actors. We have paid huntedly to play our part. Prince phi Us
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or Queen Elena. What's this all about? Grigeroo? Gregory characters in a
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fantastic plot, but you can tell Antonio that he overdid it. One double
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I might have swallowed, but when I was also supposed to be the double
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of the King's double, it was a little too much. That is when
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you know it was a conspiracy. Yes, Darling, and the thumb prints
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were a clincher. It was mathematically impossible that any double could have my exact
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print, so it was clear that someone had framed the whole thing, had
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printed up that description, probably from my driving license and wire photo to photostatic
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copy. Obvious that the whole affair was a pretext to get me out of
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the way, And who was the logical person? Savern Stackpool Peedy. Well,
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I barely know what you're talking about, Gregory, but at least we've
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closed the deal. Yes, yes, and we have some prized treasures for
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the Gump collection and some only moderately colossal stuff for my regular customers. Uh,
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Lieutenant Valdez, you're not asleep by you just drowsy, mister hood.
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The music is good, the conversation makes no sense, and the champagne is
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excellent. Please continue to talk nonsense. It is so soothing, A very
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sound point of view. How about you, Maria, pretty girl, I'm
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worried about Severn Stackpool. He's a dangerous man when he knows that I have
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failed. Very true, Maria, he isn't going to like you a bit.
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I'm afraid I have a duty to you for the rest of my stay
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in Mexico City, A duty to me. What is it? From here
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in, Maria, our roles are reversed. From now on. I am
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your bodyguard day and night. Oh, Greg, girl, Greg, I
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don't know how you do it. You know, your stories get better all
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the time. But you a king, Harry. When you say that,
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don't smile. I was beginning to like the idea, Greg, Gota know.
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I just can't visualize you as a king. Oh. I think I'd
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look quite dashing with a crown on my head and a queen by my side.
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I'd look kind of dashing myself in that set up. Maybe so.
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But as my old father would say, he who gets crowned is not always
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king. Well, that's what your old father would say. But did I
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ever tell you what my old father said? No? What did he say?
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You can't go wrong with a petree wine? He said that, and
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he was glad and right. You said it because Petrie wine is always good
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wine. Well, it's got to be. Look at the long years of
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skill and experience that go into its making. The Petrie family has been making
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wine for generation. Wine making is their heritage, a heritage handed on down
29:19
from father to son, from father to son. So you can take it
29:26
for granted that the Petrie family really knows how to turn luscious, sun ripened
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grapes into clear, fragrant, delicious wine. You can take it for granted
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too, that the name Petrie on a bottle of wine is more than a
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trademark. It's the assurance of the Petrie family that every drop of wine in
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that bottle is good wine. You just can't go wrong with Petrie wine because
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Petrie took time to bring you good wine. Well, Greg, which story
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out of your casebook you're going to tell us next week? Next week,
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Harry, I'm going to tell you of a strange adventure Andy and I had
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last Paul when we grew up to Yosemite on a fishing trip. It concerns
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some brook trout that I cooked under the starlight, an uninvited guest and a
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sudden tragedy. You next week, Harry, the case Book of Gregory Hood
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is written by Dannis Green and Anthony Boucher. Original music composed and played by
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Dean fosterlor Hail Gordon plays the part of Gregory Hood and Sanderson Taylor is played
30:45
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Mutual Broadcasting System. Welcome back. Well, I like this episode. Not
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only does anyone die in this episode, but it really turns out that something
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logical is happening. And that is such a nice feature, I think because
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when I first listened to it, I was expecting something really convoluted, and
31:56
it was just a simple yet eloquent solution, and I really appreciated it.
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