MAGGIE: He ain't worth powder enough to blow up a cock-roach.
FLYNN: Is he working?
MAGGIE: He ain't done a tap since the civil war.
FLYNN: That's quite a vacation.
MAGGIE: Vacation? It's a life sentence of laziness.
FLYNN: There's many a good man layin' off.
MAGGIE: No, the good men are dyin' off, it's the bums that are layin' off.
FLYNN: (Looking at house.) Well, the landlord of this house ain't particular about his tenants.
MAGGIE: Not a bit, it's been a nest for thieves ever since I came here.
FLYNN: Well, they've got to live somewhere, the jails are overcrowded.