Got a cigar?
VOICE OF SECOND POLICEMAN
No. [There is a pause. The FIRST POLICEMAN appears over the opposite side of the embankment.]
FIRST POLICEMAN
A lot of good the new pay-schedule’s done us—made things worse than they used to be—we get more but we have less than we ever had. If the Government could be made to realize that. It’s a thankless job at best. You work hard year after year, you get gray in the service, and slowly you die—yes.
SECOND POLICEMAN
That’s right.
FIRST POLICEMAN
Yes. [In the distance is heard the bell of the signal tower.]