:54:01
Thanks.
:54:03
So....
:54:05
Mister Dekins....
:54:08
And then Andy says, "Mr.Dekins...
:54:10
...do you want your sons
to go to Harvard or Yale?"
:54:13
He didn't say that!
:54:15
As God as my witness!
:54:18
Dekins blinked for a second...
:54:20
...then he laughed
and actually shook Andy's hand.
:54:23
- My ass!
- Shook his hand.
:54:26
I tell you, I near soiled myself!
:54:29
All he needed was a suit and tie
and a jiggly hula gal on his desk...
:54:33
...he'd have been
"Mr.Dufresne," if you please.
:54:36
Making a few friends?
:54:39
I wouldn't say "friends."
:54:41
I'm a convicted murderer
who provides sound financial planning.
:54:45
It's a wonderful pet to have.
:54:47
Got you out of the laundry, though.
:54:50
It might do more than that.
:54:52
How about expanding the library.
Get some new books.
:54:55
If you ask for something,
ask for a pool table.
:54:59
How do you expect to do that?
I mean...
:55:02
...get new books in here,
"Mr.Dufresne, if you please."
:55:06
I'll ask the warden for funds.
:55:09
Six wardens have been through here
in my tenure, and I've learned...
:55:13
...one immutable, universal truth:
:55:16
Not one born whose asshole...
:55:17
...wouldn't pucker up tighter than
a snare drum when you ask for funds.
:55:23
- The budget's stretched thin as it is.
- I see.
:55:26
Maybe I could write the state senate
and request funds from them.
:55:30
They have only three ways to spend
the taxpayers' money for prisons:
:55:34
More walls, more bars, more guards.
:55:37
I'd like to try, with permission.
A letter a week.
:55:40
- They can't ignore me forever.
- Sure can.
:55:43
But you write your letters
if it makes you happy.
:55:46
I'll even mail them for you.
How's that?
:55:50
So Andy started writing
a letter a week...
:55:53
...just like he said.
:55:59
And like Norton said...