Snooks. Sure, I know. Thumb-prints—all that stuff.
Jerry takes another drink.
Jerry. You ought to want to rise in the world.
Snooks. How do you know I oughta.
Jerry. Why—why, everybody ought to. It says so.
Snooks. What says so.
Jerry [with a burst of inspiration]. The Bible. It’s one of the commandments.
Snooks. I never could get through that book.
Jerry. Won’t you sit down?