And by the weekend he was due back, we had enough rocks to keep him busy till rapture. I also got a big shipment in that week. Cigarettes. Chewing gum. Sipping whisky. Playing cards with naked ladies on them. You name it. And of course, the most important item.
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Yeah. It floats around. It's got to land on somebody. It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the tornado. I just didn't expect the storm would last as long as it has.
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So you do what you can to keep going. Some fellas collect stamps. Others build matchstick houses.
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Lickety-split. - I want to get home. - Just about finished, sir.
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As it turned out... that somebody was me.
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That was the longest night of my life.
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I've had some long nights in stir.
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Three deposits tonight.
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I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that. But prison is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it. But we all knew. Things went on like that for a while. Prison life consists of routine... and then more routine. Every so often, Andy would show up with fresh bruises. The Sisters kept at him. Sometimes he was able to fight 'em off. Sometimes not. And that's how it went for Andy. That was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him. And I also believe, if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him. But then, in the spring of 1949, the powers that be decided that... The roof of the license-plate factory needs resurfacing. I need a dozen volunteers for a week's work. As you know, special detail carries with it special privileges. It was outdoor detail... ...and May is one damn fine month to be working outdoors. Stay in line there. More than a hundred men volunteered for the job.
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King me. Chess. Now, there's a game of kings. - What? - Civilized, strategic. And a total fucking mystery. I hate it. Maybe you'll let me teach you someday. Yeah. Sure. I thought of getting a board together. Well, I'm the right man. I'm the guy that can get things. We might do business on a board. But I want to carve the pieces myself. One side in alabaster, the opposing side in soapstone. What do you think? I think it'll take years. Well, years I got. What I don't have are the rocks. Pickings are pretty slim in the yard. Pebbles, mostly.
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You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards. Or maybe make a few friends among us cons. Me, I think he did it just to feel normal again. If only for a short while.
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So, when Andy Dufresne came to me in 1949 and asked me to smuggle Rita Hayworth into the prison for him, I told him, "No problem."
So, this is Johnny Farrell. I've heard a lot about you, Johnny. Take a few weeks. Weeks? Well, yeah, Andy. I don't have her stuffed down the front of my pants right now, I'm sorry to say. But I'll get her. Relax.
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Andy, we're getting to be kinda friends, aren't we? Yeah, I guess.