[taking the arrest complaint to the man who picked his pocket] Read this for me, wilya? I can't see without my glasses.
It's your standard felony complaint 155-34. It ought to get me about 1 to 5. With good behavior I should back on the streets in '77. A little more resentful towards society. With a little less faith in the capacity of human beings to forgive.
Hey, wait a minute. I didn't steal your wallet. You stole mine.
Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord..
The Lord gots nothing to do with this. The Lord didn't walk into that bar and steal my wallet.
You got a chance here to teach a person a great moral lesson. You know what? Get lost.
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