What was his name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. The King of Bananas of Brazil--his name will come back to me. Dr.--I forgot his name. Anyway, a rich Brazilian, medical doctor, very wealthy man, who traveled between Brazil and New York. Just recently I was talking about him with the Brazilian Ambassador in Haiti, and he says he is still alive and doing very well.
Dr. Palo Muchado, Decio de Paulo Muchado. An enormously wealthy Brazilian, who calls himself the banana king, who liked American girls, the good life, and very good businessman at the same time.

Mr. Jenner.

You liked American girls, too, didn't you?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I am not queer, you know. Although some people accuse me of that even--even of that. Not as much as some other people, you know-- because this girl really was the love of my life Lilia Larin. Anyway, both Machado and I fell in love with this girl. She was a divorcee.

Mr. Jenner.

She wasn't divorced as yet, was she?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She was divorced already once. But she had a husband some place in the background, who was a Frenchman.

Mr. Jenner.

Guasco?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes. With whom I got into a fistfight. Well, anyway, the best man won, as it goes in the book, and Lilia and I fell in love--I just got a discharge from the military service in the United States, 4-F, and she invited me to come with her to Mexico. This was my experience with the FBI. Really, it is so ridiculous that it is beyond comprehension.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, on your way to Mexico----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Around Corpus Christi--really, if we didn't have a sad story to discuss, the death of the President, you could laugh about some of the activity of the FBI, and the money they spend following false trails.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, they don't know they are false when they are following them.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right. I don't know whose advice they followed.
But, anyway, here we were about ready to enter Mexico and stopped for awhile in Corpus Christi. And there we decided to go to the beach, from Corpus Christi. I think my visa was not ready yet.

Mr. Jenner.

You stayed at the Nueces Hotel in Corpus Christi?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; and we went to the beach.
On the way back from the beach, all of a sudden our car was stopped by some characters.

Mr. Jenner.

Excuse me. You went to Aransas Pass?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And when you were in Aransas Pass, what did you do?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. We swam; and probably stayed on the beach enjoying the sunshine.

Mr. Jenner.

Now---
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. What do they say we did?

Mr. Jenner.

Did you make take some photographs when you were in Aransas Pass?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Possibly; of each other.

Mr. Jenner.

You took no photographs of a Coast Guard station at Aransas Pass.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't recall that.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you make any sketches?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes--because I like to sketch. By the way, I forgot to tell you, I like to sketch. I sketched the dunes, the coastline, but not the Coast Guard station. Who gives a damn about the Coast Guard station in Aransas Pass?

Mr. Jenner.

I can tell you that is what got you into trouble.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Is that so? Well, you know, you are the first one to tell me about that.

Mr. Jenner.

I want to know this. This interest that you say you have, which I will bring out later, in sketching, in painting, water colors, and otherwise

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