The Thin Man (2011)
“Nora made a kiss at me in the dressing-table mirror. She looked very happy.
“You like Nick a lot, don’t you, Nora?” Dorothy asked.
“He’s an old Greek fool, but I’m used to him.”
“Charles isn’t a Greek name.”
“It’s Charalambides,” I explained. “When the old man came over, the mugg that put him through Ellis Island said Charalambides was too long—too much trouble to write—and whittled it down to Charles. It was all right with the old man; they could have called him X so they let him in.”
Dorothy ...stared at me. “I never know when you’re lying.” She started to put on the stocking, stopped. “What’s Mamma trying to do to you?”
“Nothing. Pump me. She’d like to know what you did and said last night.”
“I thought so. What’d you tell her?”
“What could I tell her? You don’t do or say anything.”
She wrinkled her forehead over that, but when she spoke again it was about something else: “I never knew there was anything between you and Mamma.MoreLess
“You like Nick a lot, don’t you, Nora?” Dorothy asked.
“He’s an old Greek fool, but I’m used to him.”
“Charles isn’t a Greek name.”
“It’s Charalambides,” I explained. “When the old man came over, the mugg that put him through Ellis Island said Charalambides was too long—too much trouble to write—and whittled it down to Charles. It was all right with the old man; they could have called him X so they let him in.”
Dorothy ...stared at me. “I never know when you’re lying.” She started to put on the stocking, stopped. “What’s Mamma trying to do to you?”
“Nothing. Pump me. She’d like to know what you did and said last night.”
“I thought so. What’d you tell her?”
“What could I tell her? You don’t do or say anything.”
She wrinkled her forehead over that, but when she spoke again it was about something else: “I never knew there was anything between you and Mamma.MoreLess
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