Tony Rome Page #2

If you do know what's bothering Diana,

you better tell me.

Rudy, I told you before,

I don't know.

Tony Rome.

I never met

a private detective before.

Kind of a dirty

business, isn't it?

Maybe. Only thing worse

is the people who hire them.

How'd you get into it?

Well, there's a compulsion among the lower

classes to get money to eat once in a while.

Maybe you heard

the rumor about it.

All right. So I'm rich.

Why get mad at me?

Because it's not nice manners

to tell a man who's in a dirty business...

that he's in

a dirty business.

- Where can I drop you?

- The Fontainebleau.

I don't live in Miami.

I'm down here dumping a husband.

What did he do

to get dumped?

He was just blah

in a general way.

Money was

his best feature.

And we lived in Buffalo.

Have you ever been to Buffalo?

Never. I promised myself

when I was ten years old.

Why don't we stop

for a drink?

About that

Kosterman setup...

Ain't it a little strange...

the daughter and son-in-law

to be living with dad and stepmother?

I mean, don't you think

it's a little too cozy?

The kids are building a new house.

It's taking longer than they thought.

It figures. It'd take about six months

to build a liquor cabinet.

- How'd you get hooked up with 'em?

- I met 'em at a party.

That's all I do down here...

go to parties and dodge passes.

Every man you meet thinks you want

to play "slap and tickle."

- Tell 'em you're not interested.

- Well, that's the trouble.

Sometimes I am.

Why don't you

flip a coin?

You know,

it's the damnedest thing...

People like me

are called F.M.s.

- "F"...What?

- Formerly married.

We're divorced women.

We can't claim to be the town virgins...

and we can't afford

to be the town tramps.

What do we do?

Well, you could hang

a sign on yourself...

says, "occasionally promiscuous."

You married?

Why not?

Up to now, I haven't found

a dame who's a bookmaker.

See, I gamble.

And that wouldn't be

a nice life for a lady.

Besides that, l...

I live on a boat, and I like it.

- A boat?

- Yeah, a little item I won in a dice game.

Would you like to

come up for a drink?

No. Forget it.

- It would make it too easy.

- For you or for me?

You're an interesting man,

Tony Rome.

But I suddenly realize

I've been doing all the pursuing.

Not healthy

for my ego.

You can relax.

You're just suffering from a case

of the divorce blues.

- What's that?

- It's kind of like a post-pregnancy depression.

Neither lasts.

Malcolm.!

Malcolm.!

- Good evening.

- How are ya?

Come in.

Sit down.

You probably

want to get to bed.

- Mm-hmm. That's reasonable.

- You give us the pin, we'll leave.

Well, I don't know how to

tell you this, but I'm fresh out of pins.

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