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30/WILLIAM LASHNER known, all the crimes and all the hells through which that investigation would lead. But just then, with that check in my hand, I wasn’t thinking so much about poor Jacqueline Shaw hanging by her neck from a rope, but instead about Caroline, her sister, and the slyness of her smile. I took the subway back to Sixteenth Street and walked the rest of the way to my office on Twenty-first. Up the stairs, past the lists of names, through the hallway with all the other offices with which we shared our space, to the three doorways in the rear. “Any messages, Ellie?” I asked my secretary. She was a young blonde woman with freckles, our most loyal employee as she was our only employee. She handed me a pile of slips. “Nothing exciting.” “Is there ever?” I said as I nodded sadly and went into my scuff of an office. Marked white walls, files piled in lilting towers, dead flowers drooping like desiccated corpses from a glass vase atop my big brown filing cabinet. Through the single window was a sad view of the decrepit alleyway below. I unlocked the file cabinet and dropped the plastic bag with the Tosca’s candy wrapper inside into a file marked “Recent Court Decisions.” I closed the drawer and pushed in the cabinet lock and sat at my desk, staring at all the work I needed to do, transcripts to review, briefs to write, discovery to discover. Instead of getting down to work I took the check out of my pocket. Ten thousand dollars. Caroline Shaw. First Mercantile Bank of the Main Line. That was a pretty fancy banking address for a punkette with a post in her nose. I stood and strolled into my partner’s office. She was at her desk, chewing, a pen in one hand and a carrot in the other. Gray-and-white-streaked copies of case opinions, paragraphs highlighted in fluorescent pink, were scattered across her desktop and she stared up at me as if I were a rude interruption.
BITTER TRUTH/31 “What’s up, doc?” Beth Derringer said. “Want to go for a ride?” “Sure,” she said as she snapped a chunk of carrot with her teeth. “What for?” “Credit check.”
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11 “THEY JUST WENT IN,” said El
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BITTER TRUTH/101 and if Jacqueline
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BITTER TRUTH/103 “You’re callin
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BITTER TRUTH/105 “Thank you for c
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BITTER TRUTH/107 “You’re going
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BITTER TRUTH/109 “Take it.” “
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BITTER TRUTH/111 She stopped, her b
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BITTER TRUTH/113 Her voice slowed a
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14 “ABOUT HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS
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BITTER TRUTH/117 “Of course.” P
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BITTER TRUTH/119 courtroom to laugh
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BITTER TRUTH/121 by taking one step
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Part 2 FROGS In a rich man’s hous
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126/WILLIAM LASHNER lines on listin
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128/WILLIAM LASHNER Supreme Court a
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130/WILLIAM LASHNER money was withd
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134/WILLIAM LASHNER “Of course.
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16 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I went to Ve
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140/WILLIAM LASHNER She seemed almo
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142/WILLIAM LASHNER adventure. Gram
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17 Serenata Notturna in D minor 1.
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152/WILLIAM LASHNER his lips were p
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154/WILLIAM LASHNER things that see
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156/WILLIAM LASHNER haircut; the ba
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162/WILLIAM LASHNER “Thank you,
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164/WILLIAM LASHNER entirely too mo
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166/WILLIAM LASHNER tongue were so
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18 BREAKFAST WAS WAITING in tarnish
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172/WILLIAM LASHNER relaxing with a
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180/WILLIAM LASHNER Jimmy would hav
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182/WILLIAM LASHNER “Too many sto
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186/WILLIAM LASHNER Kaddish still e
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188/WILLIAM LASHNER “That was an
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190/WILLIAM LASHNER city and decide
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21 THE CRY OF METAL being torn apar
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194/WILLIAM LASHNER A sledgehammer
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196/WILLIAM LASHNER see me. There w
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200/WILLIAM LASHNER “Whoa, Vic,
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22 CRESSI AND ANDY BANDY drove me h
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208/WILLIAM LASHNER “And I assume
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210/WILLIAM LASHNER smile. “No on
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222/WILLIAM LASHNER the elevator I
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224/WILLIAM LASHNER “Let’s star
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228/WILLIAM LASHNER “I already to
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230/WILLIAM LASHNER After Burford a
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232/WILLIAM LASHNER door and then s
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234/WILLIAM LASHNER Behind the Camb
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236/WILLIAM LASHNER that whoever ha
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238/WILLIAM LASHNER box with his fi
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240/WILLIAM LASHNER “Well when yo
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27 “HOW’S THAT GROUPER, CAROLIN
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246/WILLIAM LASHNER I took a forkfu
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248/WILLIAM LASHNER “Pardon?”
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250/WILLIAM LASHNER “You also wan
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252/WILLIAM LASHNER bad break, gett
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254/WILLIAM LASHNER possibility tha
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28 HER PLACE WAS ABOVE an abandoned
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258/WILLIAM LASHNER accepted and ad
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262/WILLIAM LASHNER She was very sp
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264/WILLIAM LASHNER “Cut it out,
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266/WILLIAM LASHNER her pale flanks
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268/WILLIAM LASHNER strange and uni
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270/WILLIAM LASHNER “This was a b
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272/WILLIAM LASHNER a walking staff
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274/WILLIAM LASHNER shattered, his
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276/WILLIAM LASHNER metal and then
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278/WILLIAM LASHNER The ridge of cl
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30 Belize City to San Ignacio, Beli
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BITTER TRUTH/283 smells of skunk. A
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BITTER TRUTH/287 When the ferry rea
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BITTER TRUTH/289 above the plaza. I
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31 MORRIS KAPUSTIN WAS SITTING at m
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BITTER TRUTH/293 throat. A group of
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BITTER TRUTH/295 “That’s exactl
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BITTER TRUTH/297 Caroline, when she
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BITTER TRUTH/299 “ ‘Of cloudles
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BITTER TRUTH/301 picks once and twi
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BITTER TRUTH/303 matching signature
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BITTER TRUTH/305 “I don’t know,
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May 24, 1911 33 I Three new young m
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BITTER TRUTH/311 to hope to share a
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BITTER TRUTH/313 The dress I had or
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BITTER TRUTH/315 figure of Christia
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BITTER TRUTH/319 Christian and I, o
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BITTER TRUTH/323 “And you want me
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BITTER TRUTH/325 around at the new
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BITTER TRUTH/327 are, she has alway
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BITTER TRUTH/329 falling apart or e
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BITTER TRUTH/331 from Christian, no
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March 4, 1914 My Dearest Charity, I
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BITTER TRUTH/335 across the ivory.
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BITTER TRUTH/337 I only pray he had
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September 18, 1914 My Dearest Chari
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BITTER TRUTH/341 Christian Shaw tra
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March 28, 1923 My Dearest Sisters,
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BITTER TRUTH/345 them go. He remind
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BITTER TRUTH/347 with his studies.
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BITTER TRUTH/349 I walked back up t
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BITTER TRUTH/351 that has colored o
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BITTER TRUTH/353 A shadow flitted a
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BITTER TRUTH/355 lingered on your s
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BITTER TRUTH/357 “He’s in the s
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BITTER TRUTH/359 loveless marriage
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BITTER TRUTH/361 Morris also agreed
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BITTER TRUTH/363 and if you hang up
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35 THE EDWARD SHAWS LIVED in a town
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BITTER TRUTH/367 teapot and two cup
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BITTER TRUTH/369 “But Jacqueline
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BITTER TRUTH/371 First thing I did
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BITTER TRUTH/373 of this case in th
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BITTER TRUTH/375 “What’s with t
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BITTER TRUTH/377 the kitchen to a d
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BITTER TRUTH/379 a niche in which a
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37 WHEN I CAME HOME from the Haven,
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BITTER TRUTH/383 from my sister’s
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BITTER TRUTH/385 of the New Life wo
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BITTER TRUTH/387 over numbers, in p
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BITTER TRUTH/389 family, in your fa
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38 “I’VE BEEN TOUCHED BY IT TOO
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BITTER TRUTH/393 something very cal
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BITTER TRUTH/395 “Really?” said
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BITTER TRUTH/397 looking for that d
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BITTER TRUTH/399 thought Karpas to
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BITTER TRUTH/401 City, but he wasn
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BITTER TRUTH/403 I reached into my
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BITTER TRUTH/405 The inside was dar
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BITTER TRUTH/407 operation with no
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BITTER TRUTH/409 I took a sniff. Th
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BITTER TRUTH/411 and the smell, sic
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BITTER TRUTH/413 nostrils. I took h
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41 I DIDN’T RUSH RIGHT FROM THE L
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BITTER TRUTH/419 inviting. It bespo
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BITTER TRUTH/421 “Not too much ca
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BITTER TRUTH/423 sure, would be up
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BITTER TRUTH/425 intimidating in th
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BITTER TRUTH/427 really, with broad
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BITTER TRUTH/429 “What house is s
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BITTER TRUTH/431 him with that grin
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BITTER TRUTH/433 room until the eld
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Part 4 DEAD MEN RAINING Money, not
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438/WILLIAM LASHNER he has come to
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440/WILLIAM LASHNER enough out of p
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442/WILLIAM LASHNER carried it, loa
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44 THE OLD LEDGERS WERE SPREAD out
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446/WILLIAM LASHNER Rolex, the othe
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448/WILLIAM LASHNER some letters we
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450/WILLIAM LASHNER “Any extra mo
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452/WILLIAM LASHNER large payments
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45 AFTER RABBINOWITZ LEFT for the h
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456/WILLIAM LASHNER “So you never
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458/WILLIAM LASHNER what they want
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460/WILLIAM LASHNER the way from Fl
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462/WILLIAM LASHNER hadn’t intend
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464/WILLIAM LASHNER She took a step
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466/WILLIAM LASHNER ironic family p
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468/WILLIAM LASHNER Without waiting
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470/WILLIAM LASHNER We kept going t
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472/WILLIAM LASHNER willed whoever
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474/WILLIAM LASHNER pay the rents a
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476/WILLIAM LASHNER a few days afte
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478/WILLIAM LASHNER He didn’t hav
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48 I WANTED TO TALK on the drive ho
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482/WILLIAM LASHNER to kill Jacquel
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484/WILLIAM LASHNER maybe your home
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486/WILLIAM LASHNER said, “What i
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488/WILLIAM LASHNER of what it was
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490/WILLIAM LASHNER “Not yet,”
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492/WILLIAM LASHNER “They’re no
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494/WILLIAM LASHNER paid Calvi to k
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496/WILLIAM LASHNER I shook my head
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498/WILLIAM LASHNER it around. What
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500/WILLIAM LASHNER in his hand. Ca
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502/WILLIAM LASHNER “So,” said
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504/WILLIAM LASHNER face and let it
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506/WILLIAM LASHNER Naval Shipyard.
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508/WILLIAM LASHNER his long black
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510/WILLIAM LASHNER The two aircraf
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512/WILLIAM LASHNER so that it glea
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514/WILLIAM LASHNER From the left a
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52 IT WAS ANTON SCHMIDT, rising to
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518/WILLIAM LASHNER time since we b
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520/WILLIAM LASHNER tired and I nee
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524/WILLIAM LASHNER “Maybe.”
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April 6, 1923 To My Child, 54 By th
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530/WILLIAM LASHNER from the mud. T
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532/WILLIAM LASHNER swollen lips sh
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534/WILLIAM LASHNER “Yeah, sure.
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536/WILLIAM LASHNER found myself in
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538/WILLIAM LASHNER I had nothing t
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540/WILLIAM LASHNER night, in the t
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542/WILLIAM LASHNER wait to feel hi
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544/WILLIAM LASHNER I would live fo
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55 On the Macal River, Cayo, Belize
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BITTER TRUTH/549 Castillo in the ru
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BITTER TRUTH/551 fuss in South Phil
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BITTER TRUTH/553 I’m not sure exa
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56 Somewhere in the jungle, Cayo, B
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BITTER TRUTH/557 “I think it’s
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BITTER TRUTH/559 “I have somethin
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BITTER TRUTH/561 “So your father
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BITTER TRUTH/563 doctored the books
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BITTER TRUTH/565 That was a gift in
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BITTER TRUTH/567 and the country an
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57 On the Macal River, Cayo, Belize
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BITTER TRUTH/571 “What did you th
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BITTER TRUTH/573 flowers in that mo
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kisses to Nora, Jack, and especiall
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By William Lashner Hostile Witness
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“The most complete American novel
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