Strip-tease chez Minsky

Jacob Schpitendavel: Louis Minsky, if you do not now go at once to prevent thy son from bringing my daughter to such ignominy, I shall, as Agnon

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Jacob Schpitendavel: did, raise the finger of righteousness

[raises index finger]

Jacob Schpitendavel: to call down the wrath of heaven.

Vance Fowler: My father, an Episcopal vestryman, used this

[raises pinkie finger]

Vance Fowler: as the finger of righteousness.

Louis Minsky: Bah! And again, Bah! There is no finger of righteousness. This

[raises pinkie and turns it in his ear]

Louis Minsky: is the finger of cleanliness. This

[raises ring finger]

Louis Minsky: is the finger of marital bliss

[points to wedding band]

Louis Minsky: . This

[raises index]

Louis Minsky: is the finger of vengeance. This

[levels middle finger toward Fowler, palm downward]

Louis Minsky: is the finger of meddling in other people's lives

[pokes Fowler in chest with middle finger]

Louis Minsky: . And this

[sticks out thumb]

Louis Minsky: is the finger of transportation. It will get us a taxi to the theater. You speak with the fist of authority, gentlemen, but you do not know your fingers.