“Say—what you sellin’?” “Huh?” “I said what stake you got in this guy? You takin’ his pay away from him?”

Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.

“The boss was expectin’ you last night,” the old man said. “He was sore as hell when you wasn’t here to go out this morning.”

“Listen, Small!” Lennie raised his head. “What can you do?”