What knife?

FICSUR

The kitchen knife. I’ve got a pocket-knife, but if he shows fight, we’ll let him have the big knife.

LILIOM

What for? If he gets ugly, I’ll bat him one over the head that’ll make him squint for the rest of his life.

FICSUR

You’ve got to have something on you. You can’t slit his throat with a bat over the head.

LILIOM

Must his throat be slit?