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Kill ot the balls You're not a killer, Seagram It's written all over you"

"Everymurder"

"I agree,deal Anybody can do it But only a psychopath ignores the consequences"

"Now you're beginning to sound like a philosopher"

"Us duer cops oftentimes like to fool white people with our smarts routine"

"I apologize for my poor choice of words"

Jones shrugged "You think you got probleram? I'd love to have your problems Look at yourself; you're white, obviously a man of means, you probably have a family and a nice position in life How'd you like to trade places with e the color of your skin, be a black cop with six kids and a ninety-year-old frae on it? Tell h your world really is"

"You could never understand"

"What's there to understand? Nothing under the sun is worth killing yourself over Oh sure, your ill shed a few tears at first; but then she'll give your clothes to the Salvation Army, and six months from now she'll be in bed with anotherbut a picture in a scrapbook Look around you It's a beautiful spring day Hell, think what you'll beDidn't you watch the President on TV?"

"The President?"

"He cas that were happening Manned flights to Mars are only three years away; there's been a breakthrough on the control of cancer; and he showed pictures of soed from almost three miles below the ocean"

Seagra eyes "What was that you said? A ship salvaged? What ship?"

"I don't remember"

"The Titanic?" Seagram asked in a whisper "Was it the Titanic?"