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I could give you my word as a Spaniard, Inigo said. No good, the man in black replied. I've known too many Spaniards.

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
Good
Spaniards
Men
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Known
Black
Give
Many
Giving
Spaniard

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