LKLarry 'King' Sturtevant
[at police HQ where Rockford is being held on suspicion of murder] And then I held him at, ah, gunpoint for ten, fifteen minutes, and then you guys showed up. [he nods his head at Beth, who is staring at him blankly] Hi. [he turns back to Becker grinning] Will you take a look at her! She's so starstruck she's speechless!
Is that everything? The whole statement?
LKLarry 'King' Sturtevant
Yeah, yeah that's it. [he turns back to Beth] Ah, listen honey, try not to stare. I know it's difficult, but why don't you just relax and later the two of us will go get some coffee. I'll let you look at my scrapbook, hah?
That'd be lovely, only I gave up reading the funnies in the third grade.
Two years ago when I first met you, I thought, 'This is the one', and I took out my little lariat and I swung it over my head and I took dead aim, and I tossed. I must have thrown it 50 times since then. But I gotta hand it to you, Jim, you're a tough catch. Sometimes, I don't know, last year I guess, I sort of settled for friend and I started looking for someone with more long-range possibilities. David looked like a good candidate.
Thanks, but I'm still jealous.
DDDave Delaroux
Say are you absolutely certain that those checks are in the ledger? I mean you're sure you didn't make a mistake or misread them, did you?
Yeah, I'm sure. You know something Dave, you're beginning to get on my nerves.
DDDave Delaroux
Well, what I meant was...
I said they're there, they're there. Now I will give you a signed affidavit. Beth here can notarize it in the presence of one of the waiters, if we can get one to come to the table, okay?
DDDave Delaroux
[Snaps his fingers, and a waiter immediately comes to their table] Would you take this gentleman's order, please?
Forget it, lost my appetite.
[at a restaurant with a Lloyds of London representative discussing his reward for having helped recover stolen diamonds] Mr. Cryder, I don't want to seem anxious, but I was wondering about my five percent recovery fee?
CCryder
Ohhh yes. I called my people at Lloyds, they agreed.
[smiling] Five percent, a million dollar's worth of jewelry, that's fifty thousand dollars, isn't it?
CCryder
Yes... Unfortunately, each of the cormorants was insured for fifteen thousand making a total of forty-five thousand.
Well, what has one got to do with the other?
CCryder
Well, they feel that since you were hired to protect them, and since all three were destroyed, that you should... bear the loss...
CCryder
Unfortunately, that is how they... feel. So, ah, forty-five thousand from fifty thousand leaves five thousand...
Well, I didn't break the damn things!
CCryder
...I've been doing some preliminary figuring... Now from the five thousand there's of course, ah, English inheritance and English income taxes. [he starts subtracting on a pad of paper] Ah yes, we will have to inform your IRS. [he chuckles] And there's the rate of exchange to consider and, oh yes, then there's...
One minute, just one minute.
Do you think there's going to be enough for me to pick up this tab?
CCryder
I really don't know, Mr. Rockford, that depends... Do you intend to keep on drinking?
CClerk
Can't you read the sign?
CClerk
You're not supposed to take notes.
Yeah, I know, I know. But you see, I can't remember all this without taking notes.
CClerk
But it's not allowed!
Ya I know... you didn't make the rule.
CClerk
I'm going to call the police.
Well, I suppose you have to. Sorry I'm gonna miss 'em. I'm almost through here.
