I wanted to be alone so I wouldn""t be recognized." She wanted to remain incognito - the reason that she hadn""t reported he theft, but she claimed she must still find her money and guide.You never heard of the place where she comes from...Gamble? She""s done it for a living.Michael: I""ll bet you a dollar I""ve been to the place where you were born.Elsa: Chifu.Michael: It""s on the China coast.Chifu.It""s the second wickedest city in the world.Elsa: What""s the first?Michael: Macao.Wouldn""t you say so?Elsa: I would.I worked there...How do you rate Shanghai? I worked here too...You need more than luck in Shanghai.He becomes more attracted to her during their brief, flirtatious conversation.When they desert the cab and he walks with her into the parking garage, he explains his distaste for cops (and lawyers), and remarks about his wandering travels: "They never put me in jail, in America.When she was revived, she asked: "Where is he?" She insisted the man in the lake wasn""t her father -- although Dr.He was viewed in a close-up of his very alert, expressionless, and still face [Keaton was known as "The Great Stone Face"] as his eyes darted back and forth while reading lines of text in a book about his dream vocation - "HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE.