“I bet you were never up in the tower of that Woolworth Building.”
“I bet I was. I bet I know the man that owns it.”
“I bet you wouldn’t stand on the rail up there—oh boy!”
“I bet I would.”
“I bet you wouldn’t.”
“I bet I would only there’s a man that won’t let you.”
“I bet I could do it when he didn’t see me,” said Hervey. “Will they let you walk through that tube under the river?”
“Sure, and Election Day is a holiday over there too. This is no good of a state.”
“I bet you don’t get forefathers’ Day over there,” said Hervey. “So that proves you’re a fool.”
“I bet if you saw Coney Island you’d want to stay there.”