"I'm thinking of Sam."
"Hell, he's dead. Think about the Quick."
"I killed him, Ned."
"A rope killed him, Jake."
"I tied the rope for him."
"He was an amateur," Bacon said. "He was out of his class. Nobody killed him. He killed himself trying to mix with the pros."
"Trying to mix with the poison eaters."
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Did you write those damn fool letters, Jake?"