unearths some literary gems.
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"Kleptomania."
"Yeah, but not the ordinary kind. I just take knobs off things. Nothing else. Only knobs."
[This bit of eccentric behavior proves to be a plot point!]
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"He takes him by the sleeve and says, 'For God's sake, Turner....This place is swarming with cops.' I didn't see how one cop like me could swarm, but I didn't say anything."
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He was all at once aware of the snuff-snuff of slippered feet along the carpet.
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