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"You shouldn’t smoke those Sister says they’re poison"

"Your sister’s a barrel of laughs"

Mehed "She’s not my sister We call her sister Sister Walker And she could rival a pickle for pucker" That got a sement Memphis needed "You French? Got a French look to you Maybe even a little Creole"

Theta shrugged and tapped the end of her cigarette into a tall silver ashtray "I look like everybody"

"Well, I’onna call you Creole Princess"

"You can call me whatever you like Doesn’t "

"You’re persistent, Me here besides reading library books?"

"Oh, you know A little of this, little of that"

Theta arched one thin brow "Sounds like trouble"

Meesture of innocence "Me? I’ from trouble you’ll ever know"

"M around the room

"Why aren’t you upstairs in the club?"

Theta shrugged "I was bored"

"Bored! That’s a first Don’t you know the Hotsy Totsy is supposed to be the swankiest club in town?"