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[MUSIC PLAYING]

Don't go to bed with no price on your head.

No, no.

Don't do it.

Don't do it.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Yeah.

Don't do it.

And keep your eye on the sparrow.

When the going gets narrow-- Don't do it.

Don't do it.

Where can I go where the cold winds don't blow now?

Well, well, well, well, well.

What do you say, Whitey?

Here, slip into these.

You guys don't fool around, do you?

The man said he wanted to see you.

He didn't say anything about vice versa.

Huh, I feel like a chump.

Look, Valenti, if you want, we can

just stop the car right now and say adios.

I'll play the cards I'm dealt, partner.

You'd better, man.

We don't like dropouts.

We do the dropping.

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OK, from here on, you're a blind man.

Act like one.

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[FOOTSTEPS]

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[FOOTSTEPS]

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[FOOTSTEPS]

We're ready to talk, Valenti.

Uh, well, this ain't exactly what I had in mind.

We've had our eye on you.

You're good.

Now, killing a cop will increase our confidence.

We're expanding, Valenti.

We can use your services.

Well, uh, I don't get to see, uh, who I'm talking to, huh?

After you killed a cop this week, we can meet face to face.

Uh, well, I got one problem here.

Make it brief.

Well, the thing is, uh, I don't know.

I ain't been, you know, set up for a patsy.

I mean, uh, I snuffed this cop, and then, uh, you guys

blow me away and save on the payment.

Don't worry about being the patsy, Valenti.

We've already selected him.

You're not it.

I wouldn't go to the trouble of bringing

you here if I didn't have plans for you.

Does that reassure you?

Well, uh--

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[FOOTSTEPS]

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[FOOTSTEPS]

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[FOOTSTEPS]

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[FOOTSTEPS]

Is this the job you have to do?

It's OK, sugar.

It's all set.

Just one more job for Baretta.

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I love you.

I love you.

Oh, yeah, I know.

I got it, too.

It looks like we're stuck with each other.

If you have to go to jail again, I don't know what I'll do.

Hey, hey, hey, I ain't going to jail again.

It's over, and I'm out.

This thing's a piece of cake.

I'm Steve Hanson, a whole new person.

Steve Desmond is dead and gone.

And I'm out of the rackets.

I'm free.

Whatever your name is, I love you.

Hmm.

Hmm?

I wish we were leaving right now.

Two days and we'd be gone.

What do you say we stay undercovers for two days, kid?

Well, I heard a lady killer is going to be a man killer, huh?

You want to take your shower?

Yes, Daddy.

I'll definitely be here when you get out.

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[DOOR OPENS]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[KNOCKING]

[KNOCKING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, wait.

What's happening?

Mind if I come in?

No, no.

Come on in.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hey, wait.

What's going on?

Not much.

You OK?

All right.

Hey, got a little matinee going, huh?

Who's broad?

Anybody I know?

No, no.

An old friend from out of town.

How about if I go in, take a look and see?

No, hold it.

She's someone I care about.

Oh, yeah.

That's good.

It's going to make things all the better.

What do you mean?

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[DOOR OPENS]

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[DOOR CLOSES]

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[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Are you asleep?

Ha!

I remember when you used to jump me at the bathroom door.

Well, not even married and you're bored.

I'm going to have to try harder.

You poo.

Tiger.

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Steve.

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[GIGGLING]

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[SCREAMING]

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[DOOR OPENS]

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[DOOR CLOSES]

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Earth to Earth.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Dust to dust.

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[GROANING]

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Baretta.

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OK, Valente, there's your membership card.

It's blue.

Hit him once, make it count.

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[HUMMING]

[GUNSHOT]

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Anything else, General?

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Almost anything at all?

Hi.

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I'll have to change this at the bar.

You don't have to change nothing, baby.

It's a pretty big tip, isn't it?

I didn't know the veal was that good.

That's not what I had in mind, baby.

[LAUGHING]

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[GRUNTING]

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Hey, dummy, come here.

Here, dump that thing for me.

[SIGHS]

[SPLASHING]

[GRUNTING]

[SPLASHING]

[GRUNTING]

Oh, thanks, pal.

[SIGHS]

That is amazing.

That ain't so amazing.

After four years of med school, I figured

I'd get more than a wet rag on my head.

Why did you do it?

Well, I figured I'd give the kid an education.

He wouldn't wind up on the docks like me.

That's not what I mean.

All you mean, thump that big whipper?

Mm-hmm.

Well, I figured if I took out John Wayne,

I could wind up here in the boudoir with Maureen O'Hara.

[SCOFFS]

You're a good man, Valenti.

You ain't seen nothing yet, kid.

Wait till I take you out for a chili dog.

With onions?

[SCOFFS]

[SPLASHING]

You got it, kid.

Oh, yeah, by the way, your boy Henderson is a lousy actor.

Huh?

With that phony bloody "Died Like Queen Mary."

He's a great actor. They bought it.

He wouldn't want to be in his shoes, neither would I.

Okay, let's go over this business again.

What do we got so far?

Just what I told you.

The way I got it figured, this big shot,

whoever he is-- and I ain't seen him yet--

he wants these bosses to fight with each other,

and then he's gonna step in and pick up the pieces.

That's the only motive I got.

He's beautiful. He's got six murders on the books now.

Then he tops it off by killing a cop,

as a result of which we close the warehouse

for him, play right into his hands.

That's my point, boss. You do that, and you're playing right into his hands.

Is there anything you can do about that?

No, the mayor is never gonna buy it.

They go in there, they want facts.

All we got is theory. He'll want me to close the warehouse.

What do we do with all the work I put in? It's all down the drain, right?

I'll try and buy you a little time, Tony.

I get in the car, and I felt the sun on the right side.

That's gotta put me going north.

- Going north, okay. - You jerk.

- Let's get to business. - Right.

You're going on ashes.

I'm going north, 'cause the sun was on my right cheek.

- Through the window, I'm going north. - Yeah.

Now, we go for about a couple of minutes, and I smell the donuts,

and that's Mama-- what do you call it?

Mama-- Mama Kelly on Prague.

Mama Kelly. That's the cross street?

- What's the cross street? - Prague.

So I turned right.

Now I'm going east.

And then I messed up with that ambulance.

I heard a loud siren. Could've been--

No, it had to be an ambulance, but then it stops.

St. Luke's Hospital.

It's on Meeker. Meeker at the corner of

Meeker and Bowley, right off of Prague.

Good. Okay. Now... what's the next big

street with buses on it after St. Luke's?

Broadmoor.

Perfect. Now we turn left on Broadmoor.

That's going north on Broadmoor. All right.

- That's it. We just go for a while... - That's what?

...and stop, and I hear the jackhammers.

The jackhammers on Broadmoor.

Hey. Hey.

They're digging up that electrical stuff there where they're building--

- They're doing it all over town. - Yeah, I know.

Where they're building those high-rise--

those condominiums, the new condominiums.

That could be it, Billy. That could be it.

'Cause I get out with these two gunsles... and they're pushing me around...

telling me to act like I'm blind.

There's people. I hear a lot of voices.

It's kind of slick floor.

And an elevator. It's a new building.

Get on the phone.

Call all of those new buildings around there.

Yeah.

- Your name is Anthony J. Valenti. - Anthony J. Valenti.

- You're looking for your wallet. - Yeah.

And you dropped it in a place where the people come in and out...

the foyer or the lobby or something like that.

- Yeah. Okay. - Okay?

- All right. - Anthony J. Valenti.

You ever been in love?

Yeah, sure have.

I mean... to the point where... if you lost that person...

your whole life would dissolve in front of your eyes?

I knew it was Sharon.

And they took her away.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Oh, hi, man.

Oh, you did, huh?

All right, I'll be at work in 20 minutes.

You can give it to me then.

Okay.

I gotta go to work, sugar.

[music playing]

You got it, bro.

All right, gentlemen. Gentlemen.

Let me have your attention, please.

The police have asked me to shut down the warehouse until further notice.

[crowd boos]

No, no, all right, all right. I know how you feel.

I know just how you feel.

But I agree with them.

So for your own safety...

I'm closing the warehouse until the

investigation of the murders is completed.

[crowd boos]

All right, that's it. That's it.

[crowd boos]

Hey, boss.

Monty.

The man thought this might take care of some of your money troubles,

but he's got another assignment for you.

Tell the boss that me and him is even steaming.

Hey, you think that Manetti still thinks he's running the warehouse?

All he's got left is his mouth.

Everything stays closed until we open.

See ya.

Hi, sugar.

Hi. I didn't think you were gonna make it.

I thought Max forgot to wake you up.

Well, I had a little business.

I see you met my partner here.

Captain Hubbard of the SS South Bend.

Hi, Captain.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Do you like our specialty, or do you want to live a little bit longer?

I'll live.

I want to powwow with him for a few minutes, okay?

Okay. See you later?

Sure you will. Unless you can find a way to get on the moon.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Mr. Belani, don't you think it's a little dangerous for us to meet here?

I sure do, man. What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?

Yeah.

You called an hour ago and left a message for me to meet you here.

Don't play around. I didn't call you.

Now, what happened?

I got a message from-- with your name on it.

Something's weird, man.

What's wrong with your lip?

Nothing's wrong with my lip.

I got this mustache out of your makeup kit.

There's a disguise, and the damn thing keeps falling off.

I don't think any of that goes.

No, no, no.

Looks like your finger's growing out of your nose.

Come on, let's go.

Back way.

Hey, I borrowed the Blue Ghost.

I hope you don't mind.

I don't mind.

Okay.

Billy boy?

Yeah.

Whatever's going on, partner, you're a part of it.

Now, what does this guy want?

Get in!

You okay?

Then your friend Billy Truman says that you called him to Cumberose's Cafe.

Which I didn't do.

Yeah.

And then we're out in the back at night, a car comes and deliberately tries

to run him down.

Now, who wants to go after Billy?

This thing stinks.

Baretta, that's it. You're off of this thing.

There's no point in going any further with it. You're blown.

Wait a minute, boss.

I'm not blown.

If I was, I'd be pushing up daisies by now.

That's number one.

Number two, I'm just getting close to getting someplace with this thing.

And number three, somebody tried to kill my best friend.

He can't pull me off just right now.

Now, look, this thing isn't normal.

This thing doesn't fit any kind of a pattern at all.

I know.

Will you watch yourself?

I'm watching.

Do not be afraid to ask for help.

All right. All right.

I know what it's like to lose.

Boy, I'll tell you, it's times like these that make you realize how little

you got in this world.

I got that old scruffy bird.

I got you.

And I got that old sea dog you left here the other night.

Billy?

Yeah. Yeah, Billy.

Thanks for mentioning me.

Hi, honey. Kiki's my name.

Uh, Valenti, Anthony J., I'm inquiring as to whereabouts of my virgin Impala

skin Bilbo.

I guess you get exactly what you pay for.

Sometimes if you're very, very good, you don't have to pay at all.

Don't fool with me, love. I've had ten years of therapy.

Oh, hon, the potty. I've got to pull myself together.

Yes, I bet you just have to.

Take the elevator to the second floor, first door on the right.

Let it out, darling.

Turu ru ru ru.

La-da-da-Dee-ya-da-Dee.

Tee-ya-da-da-da-da-da.

Strangers in my... Exchanging... ...touches.

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Real name's Pamela Forbes. That mean anything to you?

No, but that's her.

How about Steve Desmond here?

This guy ran out on me.

He ran out on everybody. He's dead.

I found him in a hotel two weeks ago. His neck's broken.

He was buried as Steve Hansen.

Wow.

He was my connection.

I traded him some info for a passport.

Your girlfriend hid his identity.

She claimed he was Steve Hansen, buried

him that way, claimed she was Jenny Hansen.

We had to write the murder up as by person or persons unknown.

You figure, uh... She thought I was

partly responsible for him getting snuffed?

What do you got on the man?

Oh. Uh, nothing.

Well, I mean, I found out where they took me.

Yeah?

I got inside, checked it out, nothing.

I found some, uh, medicine bottles from the...

some chemical company, Hudson Chemical Company.

Hudson?

Ah, the joint is leased to a guy named Jonas Dale.

I can't get nothing on him.

So I'm, uh, sneaking in there and see if I can shoot a picture of him.

Good.

Maybe she's right.

Maybe I was responsible for the guy falling.

Hello, ladies.

Hello, Mr. Dale. I have a message for you.

You? Thank you.

You're welcome, sir.

[♪♪♪]

I don't know the name, but more importantly, I don't know the face.

Well, uh, no disrespect, Mr. Minetti,

but it would seem to me that you would make it your business

to know anybody who was trying to take over your operation.

Nobody takes nothing that belongs to Carlo Minetti.

What about all this killing going on?

Look at the men killed.

All of them workers.

Not one of my men or Grosso's or any union officials.

Nah. If you want to take over a business by force, Mr. Baretta,

you must first remove the leaders.

Now, I know there's an organization.

If they're not trying to take over your operation,

and it wasn't some kind of war, maybe all that was a red herring,

maybe they got what they wanted.

Maybe they shut this joint down. What do you think of that?

Could be.

What kind of boats you been unloading from the last couple of weeks?

Uh, Molly B. and the, uh, Santo Dominguez.

You got the laden bills?

Yeah, over here.

[ sighs ]

What you looking for?

I don't know.

Something, uh, funny, unusual, you know?

Maybe something that would rot, spoil. Bananas.

[ chuckles ] Yes, we ain't got no bananas.

What is that stuff?

- Baretta-mycin? - Yeah, what's that?

I don't know.

The Hudson Chemical Company.

So, what do you got?

You got me, pal. It ain't booze.

I'm taking a couple of these with me. Put it on my tab.

[ clinking ].

Oh, it's partly outdated. Baretta-mycin with water mixed in.

- Baretta-mycin? - That's a new antibiotic.

They use it in South America to combat Amazon spotted fever.

It was developed in Brazil.

Amazon spotted fever?

I don't think I ever had that.

How does this, uh, Hudson Chemical Company figure in?

Well, they do research. They found that it's effective...

in controlling certain types of flu and tuberculosis.

Well, how much would, uh, uh, 75 or 100 pints of that stuff be worth?

Oh, man. Baretta-mycin costs more than gold.

80 pints would be 40,000 cc's at 50 bucks a cc.

Figure a couple of million dollars.

But, uh, this shipment's contaminated and outdated.

It's worthless.

Outdated and contaminated?

How would it get that way? How about if you left it in the warehouse?

Oh, sure. Baretta-mycin spoils.

It needs special thermal controls, light affects it.

Delay could ruin it.

But it's my guess that it was old before it hit the docks.

And watered.

Somebody bought bad stuff in the first place, and then they cut it down?

Let me make one more test.

[ Clicks ]

Hey, Mary. I thought this was Jenny's ship.

It was, but she split. Didn't even bother to pick up her paycheck.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother to pick up mine.

What do you mean, she split? Where'd she go? I don't know.

That's it? She's just gone? Look, I don't know where she went.

Thanks.

[ Water running ]

[ Water running ]

[ Phone ringing ].

I thought you was Valenti.

Oh, I got a little score to settle on.

What are you doing here?

I came to pick up my things.

I thought you guys was playing house together.

What's the matter? You moving out?

Mm-hmm.

All right.

Looks like he's kind of losing out all around, eh?

[ Sniffles ]

[ Gasping ]

You got a prize, baby.

I already gave you a yard, okay?

You gotta get behind this action, or you're a dead woman, okay?

Okay. Okay, okay. Okay.

Come here.

Be good to me, baby.

You got a pretty neck, huh? I'm gonna break it.

You-- You wouldn't do that, would you?

Yes, I would.

I broke a lot of necks in my time.

All right, I want you to know it!

Yeah, let's make that thing funny!

[ Gasping ]

[ Whimpering ]

[ Gunshots ]

[ Gasping ]

[ Breathing heavily ].

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Whimpering ]

Steve!

Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve.

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Breathing heavily ].

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Whimpering ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Breathing heavily ].

Tony. Tony. What's the matter? What do you got?

I-- I heard a scuffle and some shots.

I called the cops. Your girl came around about five minutes ago.

Thanks.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ].

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ].

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Door opens ].

[ Shouting indistinctly ]

[ Glass shatters ]

[ Sighs ]

We almost did it.

At the end, they blew your away.

You know, this was an officer in distress call.

Yeah.

I'm glad to see you alive and well.

What do you got here?

That's Whitey.

Yeah.

He's one of the baddest of the bad.

The way I got it figured,

Jenny croaked him.

You said?

Yeah. That's my piece.

Two rounds gone.

She knew I kept it under the pillow.

This slob here, he had a niche for her.

You see that 100 bucks?

Yeah.

I offered it to her once before.

He got her up here.

We found her up here.

He's armed.

Yeah.

However you figure, it's got to be self-defense.

Pareto, there's something the jury's gonna have to figure out, huh?

Yeah.

[ Telephone rings ]

[ Telephone rings ]

Hello?

Hello.

Jenny, you okay?

I don't know.

I just killed a man.

Keep it talking, Book Trace.

Look, darling, I ain't a judge or a jury.

I wasn't here, but I'm here now.

What I see...

Jenny?

Are you there?

I loved someone.

Once.

Now he's dead.

And you helped put him there.

Wait a minute now.

Stay with me on this thing.

Steve took a big chance.

Maybe he was right, maybe he was wrong.

You were wrong.

I hated you every minute.

You don't hate me.

You didn't hate me then, and you don't hate me now.

Maybe... Maybe you even love me a little bit.

Using people is wrong.

Gowan and Whitey and the man behind him and him, they all used Steve.

And you used Steve.

Forget about Whitey and Gowan and those guys.

Let me bring them down.

I want to die.

Dying's so easy.

I know, I've been there.

No, you haven't.

But you're going there.

It's a pay phone.

Here you have it.

Call the coroner.

I know him.

That's Robert Heath, our executive in charge of overseas purchasing.

He's in some kind of trouble, isn't he, Lieutenant?

Yeah, he's in some kind of trouble.

We're going to see him in court.

You called it right, Baretta.

It's a total rip-off.

That stuff never was worth anything?

I'm really shocked that Ronald would do something like this.

Yeah, I know six other people that are shocked too, sir.

Only they're dead.

Okay, Baretta, you got your case.

Excuse me, Chief. Baretta, Billy just called

to confirm your meeting at the Barton Towers.

Hey, wait, Foley, wait a minute.

That's all he said?

I didn't ask for no appointment.

Hmm.

She's at it again, boss.

Oh!

Who is it?

Sam Gallant. Open the door.

Huh.

What are you doing? Closing up shop without paying your bills.

As a matter of fact, I was just about to call you.

How much of that is supposed to be mine?

Why don't we divide it?

I need some cash to get out of the country.

No, no, no, no. You take it.

You take it all. Just mail me my... (gunshot)

(tires screeching)

(tires screeching)

(tires screeching)

(music).

(grunts)

Get up.

(humming)

(grunts)

(humming)

(imitates car engine)

(imitates car engine)

(tires screeching)

(car engine starts)

(car engine starts)

(tires screeching)

(car engine starts)

(car engine starts)

I've got a present for you, my friend.

Y'all are holding right there.

(gunshot)

I'm a cop.

Call the 53rd Precinct and tell them Baretta needs help.

Get an ambulance for that guy.

(music)

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(yells)

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(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

- Get out of the way!.

- Get out of the way!

Billy, get out of the way!

Get out of the way, Billy!

- Pamela, don't kill Billy.

You're not gonna fall.

Come on, honey, stop it.

- Billy, Billy!

Get out of the way, Billy!

(upbeat music).

(upbeat music)

- Talk to me.

Hey, Pamela, honey, talk to me.

We gotta get her out of here, Billy.

- Okay.

- Close that door.

(dramatic music)

- Am I crazy?

- Huh?

Nah.

You're just tired.

You need some place to rest your weary head, that's all.

- I did terrible things.

I killed that Whitey I did.

- Yeah, yeah, I know, but I'm thinking

maybe you're in bad trouble your own self

and you could've been killed, huh?

- I loved him so much, I did.

- I know.

And when he was gone, it was like the whole

world was coming down on your head, right?

We're gonna pick up all the pieces now, you hear me?

The ambulance is coming now.

We're gonna put you in the ambulance, you hear?

They're gonna take you away, but by the time you wake up in the hospital,

I promise you I'm gonna be there, okay?

Here, put your hand up here.

That a girl.

Okay, pal.

Watch your arm now.

Hold that on you, hold that on you.

Come on.

Just leave that right on your head, sugar.

That a girl.

I'll be right there when you wake up, baby.

(ambulance siren blaring).

- My old man always said, "There ain't nothing in the world

"sadder than a good woman gone wrong."

Well, that leaves you and me, pal.

Ain't the first time, won't be the last.

- I thought I'd never live to see another government check.

Man, I ain't never gonna jaywalk again.

- Well, you gotta take a chance once in a while.

You could fall off the jaw and it'd break your neck.

- You're kidding.

Hey, Tony, I got a buck and a half.

How about hoisting a couple, huh?

- Music to my ears.

(upbeat music)

♪ So keep your eye ♪

♪ On the sparrow ♪

♪ When they're going ♪

♪ It's narrow ♪

♪ Wow, wow, wow ♪

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