LAURA. Listen! I don't understand the matter very clearly. The Grand Avenue Railroad case...
MONTAGUE. It is an effort to annul a franchise which was obtained by proven bribery.
LAURA. Then, if the public could win, it would be worth while, would it not?
MONTAGUE. It would establish a precedent of vast importance. But how could that be done?
LAURA. We have a hold upon these men... we could compel them to give way!
MONTAGUE. They would never do it, Miss Hegan... they have too much at stake.
LAURA. But... the evidence you have! Mr. Bullen said you could send Grimes to jail.
MONTAGUE. That was just wild talk. Grimes has the district attorney and the courts. He could never be punished for anything.
LAURA. But the exposure!
JACK. He's been exposed a hundred times. What does that matter to him?