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and you don't look like a ruffian to me.

- You forgot something.

- Ah, my whiskey!

Thank you.

Your cold tea.

A harmless little deception

in order to lower the

expectations of one's adversaries.

You're very perceptive for a

young man who doesn't play chess.

Neither do you.

But you just saw me play 10 games at once.

I'm the grand pooh-bah.

I haven't lost a match in 12 years.

- Nine years.

- Well, time flies when you're having fun.

You didn't win 10 games. You

didn't win any games at all.

You played them against each other.

You watched the move one

player made against you...

and copied it on the opposite board.

Of course you would

win half the games.

And you beat my uncle

because you played him

against the club champion.

Checkmate. Yes!

(laughing)

Lawrence, isn't it?

Well, Lawrence, you've busted my gaffe.

You're Joe hep. You're hep to the game.

And your keen eye has earned

you a pineapple here tonight.

Would you mind?

So you walk in, steal their money

and walk away just like that?

Lawrence, that hurts.

I didn't break any of the

Ten Commandments tonight.

I didn't murder anybody.

I didn't covet my neighbor's donkey,

and I certainly didn't steal anything.

You've just insulted an

old man who gave you $50.

My uncle's $50.

The lure of easy money...

clouds rational thought.

You cannot cheat an honest man.

That is the first rule of my occupation.

A con man.

I prefer the term "professional liar."

- SAM:
Lawrence!

- I should go... Wait!

- My money.

- Easy come, easy go.

That also tends to be something of a rule.

I need that money.

If you want to earn it back,

Sunday morning at the mall.

Good evening, Lawrence.

Come on, mate.

Good morning.

Good morning, young man.

It's Lawrence.

What are you doing here?

You said you might need a hand.

What kind of hand?

With whatever scam you've got going on.

Do you think you might

like to speak up a little?

I don't think everybody quite heard you.

Look about you. What do you see, hmm?

Magazines.

For every imaginable interest,

but they're all concerned with desire.

People want what they can't have.

Some are more obviously

concerned with desire.

Persuasion is about giving

people what they want.

- I don't want this.

- Perhaps not, Master Lawrence.

But ask yourself this.

(muttering) Turn around.

- What do you want, hmm?

- (writing)

Thank you.

- My wife is seven months pregnant.

- Excuse me?

A long-time customer

of this establishment.

A subscriber to many fine magazines.

I'm sorry. What was her name?

- And you send her this.

- Oh. Dear.

Perhaps we could just exchange

it for the correct publication.

Yes, of course. I do apologize.

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