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START. Clifford: She told you I’m the man in boots who attacks you?
Sidney: Yes.
Clifford: She noticed them just before you came in. (Smiles) Did you tell her I used a styrofoam log, not one of the weapons?
Sidney: Don’t think it quite advisable. I told her you’re giving me karate lessons and we’re attacking each other all over the place. (Smiles) “The closer you stay to the truth, the better off you are.�
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END. Sidney: Come on, come on . . . Jesus . . . Police Department. (He waits again, silently; tears his shirt a bit more; waits, waits.) My name is Bruhl. I live out on Rabbit Hill Road. I just killed my secretary. He was coming at me with an ax. That’s right. And wait till you hear this part. You’re going to think I’m drunk but I’m stone-cold sober. I shot him with a medieval
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