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and forth between the two of us as he jots down
my responses.

"Next of kin?"

"I guess that would be Nunzio, here," I sez,
jerkin' a thumb at my colleague.

"You two are related?"

"He's my cousin."

"Oh."

For a second I think he's about to say somethin'

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more, but then he just shrugs and scribbles a little
more on his pad.

"Do you have a criminal record?"

"Beg pardon?"

"A criminal record. Have you ever been ar-
rested?"

"No convictions."

That earns me another hard look.

"I didn't ask about convictions. I asked if you've
ever been arrested."

"Well . . . yeah. Hasn't everybody?"

"What for?"

"Which time?"

"How many times have you been arrested?"

"Oh, three . . . maybe four dozen times . . .
but no convictions."

The joker has his eyebrows up now.

"You've been arrested nearly fifty times with no
convictions?"