Marcus has referred his cousin (and his romantic interest) Trina to the dentist - he brags to her about McTeague""s strength: "Trina, Mac""s the strongest duck you ever seen - - by damn!" To prove he point, he makes a fist and grips his own bicep arm muscle to demonstrate.Lydecker had written about the past murder with the samemodus operandias the Laura Hunt murder:McPherson: You said Harrington was rubbed out with a shotgun loaded with buckshot, the way Laura Hunt was murdered, he night before last.She blamed the Tramp, who happened o be passing by, accosted him and whacked him with her umbrella, dragged him over to her carriage, and forcibly insisted hat he again take the infant - under the watchful eye of the summoned policeman at the scene.Plot SynopsisThe film opens with a series of rapid-fire telephone conversations introducing four characters who briskly exchange conversations with each other.