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to let George do it. Operation
Europa Personal. That A is stanges my

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stocking trade. If the job's too
tough for you, and a handed.

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You got a job for me,
George Valentine, right hold it tales.

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compared to premium type motor oils as
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engine life between major overhauls due to
lubrication. Now, performance reports from RPM

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users confirm it. One cab company, for example, found that heavy duty

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RPM more than doubled engine life,
actually reduced engine where seventy one percent get

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heavy duty RPM motor oil for your
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Now Tonight story Operation Europa Transcribed Adventure
of George Valentine. George Valentinous,

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Claire, you are highly recommended by
all American correspondents as men who can handle

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very important and confidential matter involving quarter
million dollars. Have air meal advanced payment

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check in two plane tickets flight to
eight six leaving International Airport, New York,

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Wednesday afternoon. See you and missus
Brooks in our Paris office. Rudy

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Field sent to Mark five Maurice LeBlanc
Europe for insurance company. Hey, we're

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getting up in the world, brooksly
Transatlantic cables no less free. I don't

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want to sound stuffy, but we
do have a business obligations, and this

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cable doesn't ask. It takes this
for granted, Harris in the Spring.

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So I think we'll just crumble up
this little billy do throwing in a way

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paper bast Harris in the Spring and
get started packing. Come on, angel,

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Sorry, it's not for working.
It is for whole nuns. You

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want to be the organ gushot in
the street, then shouldn't do not please?

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And mister LeBlanc, we came thousands
of miles in a matter of a

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quarter of a million dollars, among
other things, and you will not be

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disappointed, mademoiselle. Not yes to
business, of course. The nun who

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is about to cost you a whole
pie and shoe once two hundred and fifty

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thousand dollars. It's not even party. He he isn't No, he's in

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the Stanbul istanbul Ta Key. But
that is only a few hours by airplane.

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Everything is only a few hours away
these days. That is why we

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could afford to get you in the
Sieur Valentine. Thanks. Our client's name

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is are too, a very respectable
diamond dealer. I spoke to him a

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short while ago by telephone and we
make plans or you are to meet him,

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or I mean how to meet him. He wants to make sure that

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you are not seen talking to him, because it might be important that the

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seed does not know that thief?
What tief? The man who stole the

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Romani diamonds, theater, a glass
school, the Romania. Hey, hey,

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whatever, hold on? Even you
know who the thief is? And

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what's the problem. Why can't he
be arrested? He just cannot believe me,

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Miss you too, will explain.
He wants to meet you, Understandbule

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bridget ten tonight he will drive in
his carn't pick you up. Here's his

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picture. You will have a description
of you. Sounds like a poll blown

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intrigue. Oh it is that,
yes, indeed it is. Oh,

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Joey, have you have a check
for expenses and two airplane tickets on flight

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number one ticket. I think I'll
leave you here in Paris Brooks and get

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in touch with you at the hotel
when I find out what this is all

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about. Paris in the spring.
Remember, enjoy an engine, and it

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will be my privilege to be your
personal guide. Mademoiselle Blown America risk sweet

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votre servis. Oh see, yeah, I'll take that ticcond and auvoirs fifteen.

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I wonder if Turkish cops took you
off for loitering. Come on,

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muster, come on, come on. You're of a one m Asian another

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quite a bridge. And according to
the guide book, those lights over there

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should be the old Sultan's place.
We should valentine. Oh hello, what's

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the tour? Yes, come in
quickly, please shorry to eat sobist areas

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we should valentine. But believe me, it is necessary. Whatever you say.

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Where are we going? And there
was a little coffee shopping the latter

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we can talk clear, Let me
get this arrangement between you and there's Peter

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Iglascue, clear, mister tour It
was not a very unusual arrangement, not

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here in Europe. And I let's
say the Romany diamonds have been in the

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Eglascue family for a hundred years or
more. You took them on a sort

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of consignment to sell them, and
you protected mister Eglascue by giving him your

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personal note for two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. That's right, of course,

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I am insured with Europa, that
is where they come in. And

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when did you find the diamonds gone? Almost a week ago? Iglesque and

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I are both staying at the Hotel
Metropol. I was ready to show the

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stones to a visiting prince from Indian
and they were gone. I would swear

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that only Egolescue knew where I kept
him. Did you accuse him? No?

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In fact, I told him nothing
about the theft. Why you would

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only deny it? And where would
you look for four small stones? Let's

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see, in four days, according
to our agreement, I will either have

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to return the stones to Egolescue because
I was unable to sell them, or

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pay him the money. What did
you think I'd be able to do for

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you, mister tour? I really
do not know how. I am rush

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the best, right man? It's
one thing I am sure about. What's

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Iglescue still has the diamonds here somewhere
in Istanbul. It's a big place.

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Their Romani diamonds are too well known
to the dealers. He could never sell

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the stones to them. And if
he tries to, yes, you say,

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fence them, he would get practically
nothing. So her friend will sit

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time until he gets the money from
you, then later get rid of the

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stones somewhere else in Paris, England. And marya baby. Yes, yes,

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well, I'm sure enough. Change
has appealed to his better as you.

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He hasn't believed me. He is
charming and punished, but he is.

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His hardest is one of those diamonds
he stored. He doesn't know other

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thefts, and he too lives at
the metrophor what is it and listening allah,

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that's all. I may be brighter
in the morning. That's right,

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Le Blanc. You heard me,
But the detective, hotel detective at the

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Metropol. And if your influence goes
that far, let the manage your actors.

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Though I've been a hotel detective there
for quite some time. I shall

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not ask any more questions. I
shall do what you are. Fine,

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Fine, it's just a hunch,
but there's nothing to lose. Is there.

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Yes, I can hear some imitation. Roman need diamonds ready by tomorrow.

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Of course they will not fully real. Expect they don't have to.

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I don't look pretty close to the
real thing, and I'll be satisfied,

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mister Tour. I see. But
then you also say I shall have to

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play a power exactly like an ector. I can act. But don't worry,

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mister Tour. I'll coach you very
thoroughly. Speak a little lot.

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I can hardly hear you. I
want you to come to Istanbul and register

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at the hotel Metropole. You got
that Metropol all right? You can use

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your real name, but I'm afraid
you'll have to do a little acting acting.

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Yeah, you're a flipped globe American
show gal on the make, on

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the make, especially for a wealthy, fat little frenchman named Ari Torre.

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Now, when you come to the
lobby at the mine, the tall,

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dark gentleman over there is Peter Egles
Brooks. Yes, George, Okay,

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let's start walking. And remember I
wanted to see me in my job as

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hotel detective. I know and see
me making a fight for mister Tour.

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But I tell you, I must
find Siecie. She's not just my job,

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she's my good luck. Joe.
Oh yes she has indeed, Miss

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Brooks and all of us here at
the Metropole. She'll do our best to

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help you. Siecie always like men
more than women. The other girl from

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the show always says she takes after
me. This man. Maybe this gentleman

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here is a fie. Oh well, let me ask you. I beg

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your pardon, sir. Oh yes, mister Glescue, I'm the house detective.

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This is Miss Brooks, one of
our guests. Hello, Miss Brooks.

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Yeah, Miss Brooks was wondering whether
you'd seen her little black French poodle.

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The name is Fifi. It seems
Fife is lost. Oh I'm afraid

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I have not seen her, and
it is a shame. I cannot be

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of service to such a charming young
lady. That's sweeter you just say that.

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Well, sorry, the body is
said, Oh quite all right.

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Oh there's a distinguished looking now.
Maybe he can help me. Oh that's

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mister two or miss Brooks. And
if you'd like me to ask, never

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mind, I'll ask you myself.
I've always been partial to the older and

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like I said, the sting voice
type the very attractive girl show girl,

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mister Glescue. Oh, didn't have
much trouble getting to talk to mister Tour.

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No, no, indeed, I
can't tell how they do it,

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but they can spot money in a
man a mile away. Well she went

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lost, Phoebee, but she show
found mister Tour. Sorry to have bothered

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you, mister Glascume. Just part
of my job, that's right, mister

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Tour. Sleep soundly pleasant dreams.
What are those dons? Oh? Yes,

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they are nice, very nice.
That will set the stage very nice.

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Ah, yep, that doesn't Good
night, mister tor Good night,

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Monsieur Valentine. Hint, good law. Oh this is terrible, less cute,

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terrible. I certainly think you've treated
me very badly too. What difference

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does it mcnow? Gentlemen please please
yes, here's Monsieur Valentine. I am

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sorry. Look at my room.
It has not been disturbed. I tell

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you I was robbed by a professional
jewels. If to the diamonds, the

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romany diamonds are gone, I shall
report that to the police. Do not

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want it, I want more publicity. It will only make deceive Hight.

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You are the detective Pacret of hotel
You can hlp me. You should have

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called on me last week. It
did not even tell me what happened.

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And the diamonds are really mine.
But I explained it. Those diamonds last

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week for invitations cheap ought to carry
around them to pay extra insurance prims.

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That is why I did not worry. And you are protected by that noted

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less cue, so I did not
have to tell you anything. I still

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think you might at least just wanted
you want me to tell must I understand

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you've been here in Easternbul long time. I am well, yes, and

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you will. You have had dealings
with all sorts of people, all sorts.

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I want those diamonds pick. I
will pay reward. I will ask

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no questions. Wow, that's always
easier said than done. If someone stole

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the imitations, you should have been
warned by that tour, but I was

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sure no one knew that I still
had the real diamonds. You must help

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me find the Missieur Valentine. I'll
certainly try. How can you even start

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to go about something like this,
mister Valentine, If it's impossible, No,

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no, not impossible, mister Glascow. It's mostly a matter of beating

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a trap. Then you sit back
and wait. In just a moment,

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we'll return to to night's adventure of
George Valentine. Friends, If a sluggish,

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choke up motor makes your driving a
constant chore rather than a pleasure,

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now is the time to shift to
the gas with all eight Chevern Supreme balance

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blended for peak performance under all driving
conditions. Chevern Supreme gasoline gives you not

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one, not two, but all
eight high performance qualities. Fast warm up,

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quick starting, vaporlock prevention at enoch
economy, mileage, area of blending,

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smooth acceleration, and full power.
Your engine needs all eight of these

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qualities to do its job right and
make driving a pleasure for you. You'll

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notice the difference right away from your
very first tankful of Chevern Supreme. Remember,

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any gasoline can be refined to stress
one performance feature at the expense of

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others. But Chevern Supreme is designed
and refined to give you all eight high

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performance qualities incorrect balance. So for
top all round driving pleasure. Wherever you

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drive in the West, stop in
soon and fill her up at Chevern Supreme

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Gasoline at any standard station or independent
Chevern gas station. Where they say and

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mean we take better care of your
car. You go halfway across the world

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to Istanbul to try and recover a
fortune in stolen diamonds. It's an unusual

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case because you are quite certain who
the thief is, but how do you

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get him to give up the priceless
loot. Well, if your name is

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George Valentine, you think the only
chance is to set a trap with greed

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is the bait. So far,
you've built only the first part of the

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trap, and even as sharp a
gal as Brooksie can't quite figure out what

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the trap is supposed to be.
I'll make your back at Paris as soon

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as I can imaginate you this.
There's no place within your girl, not

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even with a charming guide like Monsieur
LeBlanc. Especially not with a charming guide

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like Monsieur LeBlanc. George, I
still having the faintest notion of what you're

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trying to do here. I thought
we were supposed to be seen together,

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and now you're right here in the
open with me. Now it's important that

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i'd be seen talking with you.
It'd be very helpful if I were seen.

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Okay, maybe I'll find out what
this is all about some other time.

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Oh, Brooks. He did a
fine job, if its purpose is

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a little vague. Remember, I'm
fumbling around in the dark myself. Yeah,

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I know, darling. The only
thing I have been able to accomplish,

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I hope, is to put the
first shadow of a down into a

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Glascue's mind. The real diamonds were
stolen last night. He's going to wonder

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what he stole last week dollars.
That's right, mister Glascue, and you're

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getting the bargain of the century.
No, of course, you know.

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I can tell all of this to
mister Thule, and the least that will

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happen to you then is that you
will lose your job. You're not going

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to tour, are you. You
see, it's an economically sound proposition.

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If I sell you these diamonds,
you can have them and the money you'll

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get from mister tour and not notic
is no, but that that girl,

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the American show girl. You didn't
have to pay anything to her, Oh

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no, no, Now, she
was very grateful that I letting get on

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that plane to Paris without calling the
police. Yeah, I told her.

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I even did that because she was
a fellow American. Oh, very decent

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of you. I'm afraid miss Brooks
is not a professional criminal. She just

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succumbed to temptation at once. It
was quite a hunch I had that she

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was our mysterious mis raffle. Now, how do I know that you have

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the diamonds? You'll have to take
my word for it. Not good enough?

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All right? Yeah, no,
I did not mean to doubt you.

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Look, I probably get a reward
from Tour, but it wouldn't be

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anywhere near thirty thousand. So oh, I gain, and it's a good

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deal for you. Thirty thousand and
American dollars isn't a deal. I will

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get the money. I will meet
you at six near the Muscari, that

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is the musk with a large silver
dome. So you really think you have

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him, as you say under hook, mischaur belint. At least there's a

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chance, mister Tour if you checked
all the banks here and he's down boom,

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there are only a few large ones. I have friends in must of

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him. I know I Glescue account
in them, and certainly no thirty thousand

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dollars transactions of any sort today.
O God good, find right. I

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do not understand I think mister Iglescue
needs one final bit of convincing that what

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I have here are the real romany
diamonds, and I have an idea.

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He's going to try and convince himself. Yeah, I would gladly change places

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with you, brother boy up there
on a minaret safe. What this place

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needs is more electric lights. Basic
lesque could have chosen a meeting place and

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Lada Oh could have what's hey?
Hey you? Oh, you're not gonna

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run away leaving at night? There
are you? Take another throw? I

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mean fast boy. You know he's
not a handy words. I know,

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but it's not gonna help you.
Hey suck Oh that's great. Sure,

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don't want to chase him. Run
back to the man who hired you,

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fezz boy, Metropole, Tell metrop
we understand nobody, Okay, I won't

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worry. Just get this cab there
quick. You're American hockey yankee fuck dash

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your fine me and name for Pukovitski
puko Itallian fits rushed ste bullish, which

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all makes me Greek boy. Hooky
kid. Yeah, change your preacher,

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Hey, what our going? No? Maybe engine go free me? Look,

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okayn, make it snappy? You
help yankie boy, you can't cut

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it out you. He knocked you
the hair. You'll need more than I

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k than a monkey runch you.
You know who would think a glass you

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would playing a double chance to knock
me off? You fail to keep your

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appointment at the musque carry mister in
Gleskull. A bad failing of mine.

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A couple of your friends sort of
pinch hit for you didn't pay, And

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I do not know what you're talking
about anyway. You should know that you

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can't get anything without paying for you. Cannot blame me for trying to save

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myself some money. Oh it's done
every day and the best of circles.

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I just came by to tell you
that you've missed your chance by staying.

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The deal for the diamonds is off
good. Oh no, let us not

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be too haste it. Oh I
haste it all. I'm just being prudent.

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I don't like the way you play, so I'm going to turn the

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diamonds over the tour and settle for
the reward. Cannot do that. They

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want to bet I'll pay you the
money. No treat too late, thirty

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five thousand, not interested being a
fool, A very bad feeling of mine.

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All right, you can come with
me while I get the money.

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There will be no more tricks.
I value my life too much. Friend.

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Besides, I already told mister Tour
i'd be able to a Sweden an

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hour that I had a wal surprise. No listen, mister, but you're

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welcome to be there for the farrale. Did you get thenish of Valentine?

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How did you get them pick so
quickly? Remember the agreement with the tour,

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No questions. Let's just say I
was very lucky. I would look

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at those diamonds very carefully too.
I will certainly demand to know they are

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the real ones before I give you
back that note for two hundred and fifty

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thousand dollars or they are the real
one. Oh make sure, by all

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means was the tour? After all, you yourself said there are some funny

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ones somewhere in Istamboul, the ones
who were stolen a week ago. Yes,

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yes, I know. I am
not an expert. I do not

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know the fine points of the stones, but I am not a fool.

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Well, I am almost sure,
But of course I have an eyeglass in

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the other room. Why don't you
get Yeah, let's get it. By

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all means, these diamonds are safe
here, and I wouldn't want any sort

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of reward for something I don't deserve
anything, you say, Monsieur Valentine,

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we will be right backing Gillescue.
You cannot blame me of to be sure,

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of course? Not okay? That
was fine too or fine? Did

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you see him snap for the big
Do you think he must possibly work now?

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I gave it a funny, elaborate
build up. You should have heard

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him actually begged me to take his
money for the diamonds here I give the

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eyeglass, and I better give him
enough time, not too long, not

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too short, just the right amount
of time. You say, when we

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should go in? Do you hear
anything in it? I think that's it,

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yes, in case he's easy.
Did you get it too? Yes?

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Here it is the big moment is
at hand for both of us.

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Say again that is right? He
let me see now here his first one

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mm hm h h Well it is
good or right? Fine? You'd better

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make very certain to these others mhm
yes, yes, or if them are

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the real romany diamonds, no question
at all. Well, as I said

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before, I shall have to have
other expert opinion. With all due respect

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to your knowledge. You won't mind
it, will you too? No,

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No, I will not mind the
toll, And if I were you,

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i'd take that smug smirk off your
facing less cue. It happens that he's

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right and you're wrong. But even
though you think that the diamonds you've switched

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on us make those on the table
phony, and the ones somewhere in your

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pockets are the good one. I
do not know what you're talking. Maybe

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I can show you. Let's go
pick your hands off me. What are

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you doing? Just building up to
something that'll make you kick yourself all over

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the place where you stop that?
No, you're struggling. Giscu Monsieur Valentine

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is a very determined young man behind. Yeah, here we are. Oh

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well those are these are the phony
diamonds. I was carrying the ones you

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just took off the table when you
put the good ones back on it.

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No, No, the ones eye
stole from miss a tour with his complete

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cooperation. Oh but he is not. He's telling nothing but the tour.

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After all, since you had the
real Romani diamonds all the time, we

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had to get him back somehow,
and busting you obliged us sort of cheating,

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cheating, thanks a lot. You're
not going to get away with it.

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This is the right, Ralah.
I owe you something for all acute

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tricks you tried to teach that Fez
boy in the cave, and here it

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is all splenty money fee. Now
I have something else I must attend to

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in Paris. That guy le Blanc
has too done good looking, and maybe

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You know, Darling, it's all true,

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all the things they say about Paris. I never saw you quite as

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radiant as you are. Now as
loving me or you can actually feel it.

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Laura's a shining monbland about I thank
you abro point he will simply,

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you know so much about love and
marriage and all the wonderful things it can

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mean. Who and he talked together? He's so young, but do you

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know that he's been married for over
ten years. He has six children?

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Is another one on the way.
He says children make any marriage happy.

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He wants me to write to him
and telling you just how the two of

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us are coming along. He says
he can give me all sorts of good

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advice. George, let's call him
Darling. Yeah, ask him if this

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a good French restaurant in town.
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Welcome back, Well. The interesting Valentine

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Brooksie dynamic continues as George is not
quite ready for commitment, but doesn't want

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anyone else to h to get Brooksie's
affections either. So Yeah, as for

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the episode itself, I like this
one. This was just a great change

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of pace. Of course, you
have to acquire a bit of a scent

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of suspension, of disbelief about George
being called in on this job, even

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though Bob Bailey in a few years
would start playing Johnny Dollar. George Valentine

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wasn't Johnny dollars, so it's hard
to imagine why he'd be called into this

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big South South American or not South
American but international case. But once you

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get past that, it's it's a
great episode and just a great of setting

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up this stick. This was just
a great example of a battle of wits

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with a criminal. Just absolutely well
done. When we turned down a listener

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down a listener comments and feedback, and

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Roger says, Adam, you are
a star. Well, thank you very

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much. I appreciate ate you listening
and your con comments. That'll actually do

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it for today. We'll be back
tomorrow with Sherlock Holmes and Journest. Back

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