- Lars Hanson: If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is a liar and a thief!
- Isaiah Edwards: Well I can't deny telling a few stories now and then, but I ain't never taken nothing.
- Lars Hanson: No, no, it has nothing to do with you. It is the Galendars, they are both liars and thieves.
- Isaiah Edwards: I don't rightly know what you're talking about.
- Lars Hanson: You know that load of lumber that Charles delivered? You know what they did? They sold it to Henderson three dollars cheaper! And I lose both the lumber and the order.
- Isaiah Edwards: No matter about that, they still gotta pay you for it.
- Lars Hanson: Oh yeah, they pay, they lie, that's what they do! And they are not even ashamed.
- Isaiah Edwards: Well you'll have to have a talk with'em...
- Lars Hanson: No, Nels Oleson already tried. You know what they did? They took almost $20 of his merchandise.
- Isaiah Edwards: Well you don't just take something without paying for it.
- Lars Hanson: They say they pay, that way it is credit. You can't put a man in jail for his bills.
- Isaiah Edwards: Someone oughta take a switch to'em, and a big'un. Back in Duvall County, we had some fellas who wouldn't do nothin' but take them down to the creek and...
- Lars Hanson: No, no, I've seen this sort of thing before. They get tired and then they move on. That is better, that way nobody gets hurt.
- Isaiah Edwards: But...
- [Hanson walks away]
- Isaiah Edwards: 'Least you coulda done was let me finish my story. It was a pip.