Act I

A fresh slant.

I was right too, because she told me she has six sons. I feel sorry for old women that has to earn their living.

What do the boys do⁠—rent her the stand?

No, most of them are in a hospital and two of them had their foot cut off. She told me all about it and I give her a dollar.

You want to be careful in a place like New York. There’s all kinds of people waiting to take your money away from you.

It’s a great city, all right. Today I took the ferryboat over to Staten’s Island and back. It’s an island and you have to take a ferryboat. But I suppose you been there.

I go there a lot⁠—just for the trip.

I seen the Goddest of Liberty, too⁠—I mean the statue. It cost a million dollars and weighs 225 ton.