That's a honey of an anklet you're wearing, Mrs. Dietrichson.
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Suddenly it came over me that everything would go wrong. It sounds crazy, Keyes, but it's true, so help me. I couldn't hear my own footsteps. It was the walk of a dead man.
Phyllis: Mr. Neff, why don't you drop by tomorrow evening about eight-thirty. He'll be in then.Walter Neff: Who?Phyllis: My husband. You were anxious to talk to him weren't you?Walter Neff: Yeah, I was, but I'm sort of getting over the idea, if you know what I mean.Phyllis: There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. Forty-five miles an hour.Walter Neff: How fast was I going, officer?Phyllis: I'd say around ninety.Walter Neff: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.Walter Neff: Suppose it doesn't take.Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.Walter Neff: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder.Walter Neff: That tears it.