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START: JESSE Muriel!
MURIEL (Smiles, cocks her head) Jesse?
JESSE It's not.
MURIEL It is.
JESSE Muriel, I can't believe it. Is it really you?
[... …]
END: JESSE These?
(To display his shoes, he puts one foot up on the coffee table, the other over the arm of the sofa)v
No. These are the one pair I had made in England. You can't get this leather in Italy. No, I have a man in Bond Street makes them for me ... MacCombs.
(MURIEL reacts to the sight of his widespread legs and turns away in embarrassment)
MURIEL (Attempting to make a joke) Well, they're beautiful shoes, MacCootch!
JESSE MacCootch! That's very good.
Neil Simon, “The Plaza Suite”, The Collected Plays of Neil Simon Vol. 1, pp.539-545.
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