McNeil tells me that
Mitchum once sat next to
Faulkner at dinner. Mitchum made some intricate conversational metaphor that I just don't feel up to typing about being a "tall
dog on a short leash" and later Faulkner said, "I really like the way that boy talks." That's all I have for you today and if you don't like it you can go to hell. I don't know what they had for dinner.