"Believe me, young fellow, you're certainly up against it!" "Can you beat it for irony!" said Larry, pacing the floor.

"A man wants to go straight.

His pals ask him to be a crook, and are sore because he won't be a crook.

The police ask him to be a crook, and threaten him because he doesn't want to be a crook.

Some situation!" "Some situation!" repeated Hunt.