:17:02
You and who else?
:17:06
All right. I haven't got time now.
You'll find out.
:17:09
In the meanwhile, if you want to do
some collecting, you got a job.
:17:13
I'll give you a few names that are behind,
and if you can collect, you get 20°% .
:17:18
I pay hospital bills, too.
:17:20
Protection, huh?
:17:22
And good protection. If it wasn't for me,
everybody would pick on them.
:17:26
They'd be at the mercy.
:17:28
Now, you start...
:17:30
Yeah. You start with Madame La Jolla.
:17:33
She runs a kind of a fortune-telling parlour.
:17:36
And you tell that old... battle-axe
:17:40
it's 250 or Madame La Jolla
doesn't jolla any more. You get me?
:17:47
I slave and give the best years of my life
to put away a few miserable bucks,
:17:52
and then you bloodsuckers
suck it away from me.
:17:55
You ought to be ashamed of yourself
to goad a poor, honest, old woman.
:17:59
- You got the entirely wrong slant on this.
- No, I haven't.
:18:02
- Yes, you have. Now wait a minute, Miss...
- Just call me Juliette.
:18:05
Juliette. You gotta pay protection.
:18:09
Do you want to be at the mercy of every slug
that wears a uniform?
:18:13
You want the fire commissioner
telling you that your joint is a trap?
:18:16
Or the health inspectors
telling you that your air is vicious?
:18:20
Or the plumbing inspector
saying that your pipes stink?
:18:23
Juliette, you need somebody
to cooperate all those guys
:18:27
and protect you from human greed.
:18:29
You gotta pay somebody.
:18:31
Buying from us is just like getting club rates.
:18:34
Well...
:18:35
I'm just a poor old woman,
but you explain everything so nice.
:18:40
- How much was it? Two and a half yards?
- That's right.
:18:43
Thank you.
:18:45
You're a nice-looking boy
to be doing this kind of work.
:18:49
Do you want to go upstairs
and have your fortune told?
:18:51
No, thanks, Juliette.
This is strictly business with me.
:18:55
Well, you know where it is.