- Noah Bain: Let's see, whom shall I get? How about Eddy Crane? He's still doing time at San Quentin.
- Alexander Mundy: Wait a minute. Eddy Crane?
- Noah Bain: Yeah. He's a good boy.
- Alexander Mundy: Eddy Crane is a good boy?
- Noah Bain: That's right.
- Alexander Mundy: He's a nickel and dime second-story man who couldn't steal a banana from a drunken monkey.