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Tess Skeffington:

If you ask me, Sam, this is a wild goose chase. Sam Diamond:
Nobody asked you. Tess Skeffington:
Yes, they did. You asked me back there if l thought... Sam Diamond:
That was then. This is now. Nobody knows what tomorrow will be. That's the way it is, whether we like it or not. Tess Skeffington:
Sam, l really worry about you sometimes. Sam Diamond:
Alright cut the malarkey. This trip is strictly business. What do you got on Twain? Tess Skeffington:
He was born in San Francisco in . His mother was Catholic, father an Orthodox Jew. They separated two hours after the marriage. Sam Diamond:
Any children? Tess Skeffington:
Yeah, one daughter, 32. Her name's lrene, but she goes by Rita. Sam Diamond:
Just like a dame. Don't stop, angel. You're doing fine. Tess Skeffington:
He was arrested in 1932 in Chicago for selling pornographic bibles. The D.A. couldn't make the charge stick when the church refused to turn over the bibles. There's nothing on him until '46 when he was picked up in EI Paso, Texas for smuggling a truckload of rich, white Americans into Mexico to pick melons. He was sent to the Dallas state hospital for mental observation. Sam Diamond:
I think we picked ourselves a queer bird, angel. Anything else? Tess Skeffington:
Yeah. Get this, Sam. Twain has one interesting physical characteristic. He has no pinkies. Sam Diamond:
No pinkies? You mean Twain's only got eight fingers? Tess Skeffington:
No, no. He's got ten. He just doesn't have any pinkies. Sam Diamond:
You did your homework good, angel. Tess Skeffington:
Thanks, Sam. Sam Diamond:
Where'd you dig that up stuff? Tess Skeffington:
I wrote to Twain and asked him. Sam Diamond:
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