“I have no trouble. I am wondering how a man feels that don’t have to work or have anny trouble.”
“I don’t know, Pat. I never had such a job. I always had to work hard for my honest living.”
“Then the gentleman that is called the gentleman is not honest?”
“Not all, Pat. It would not include all wealthy men, but it would close the bars around some of them.
“Yes, and after the bars is closed, it is hard to get away, isn’t it? I was thinking what a ⸺ of a time a man would have to get out of town if he could get from behind the bars.”
“Some prisoners have got away and were never found, and again, some were caught in the act of getting away.”
“And the results, if caught?”
“Pat, are you thinking of helping someone away? I never before heard you talk this way.”
“I am thinking of the past, if a fellow lost his job, and of the future, if he found another one better.”
“Are you thinking of leaving here, Pat?”