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1 There are three prominent fraternal organizations for actors in New York, …

2 The girl's name was Paula Hoeldtke and I didn't really expect to find her.

3 I spent an hour or so that night going door-to-door in the rooming house, …

4 My first thought the next morning was that I'd been too abrupt with my …

5 The good weather held all weekend. Saturday I went to a ball game.

6 The cop's name was Andreotti. His partner, a light-skinned black patrolman, …

7 I was never a smoker. During the drinking years, every once in a while …

8 I woke up the next morning with a sour taste in my mouth.

9 “I'm surprised you're still on it,” Durkin said.

10 Andreotti wasn't on duty when I got over to the precinct house.

11 “Zero blood alcohol,” Bellamy said. “I didn't know anybody in this town …

12 I dropped into Grogan's in the middle of the afternoon.

13 The phone woke me, wrenching me out of a dream.

14 I tried Gary's number in the morning. I let it ring and no one …

15 I thought I heard the phone while I was in the shower.

16 We left the meat market bar and walked over Thirteenth to Greenwich …

17 When I got to Willa's she was wearing the white Levi's with another …

18 “It was the chloral hydrate,” I said. “And the funny thing is it wouldn't …

19 I brought her in. It was a nice collar for Joe Durkin, with an assist for …