- Milbane: Mr. McGurk, you have done me and my late sister a great favor and for that reason, I'm asking you to accept with my gratitude ten thousand...
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Ten thousand!
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Ten thousand Utopia Mining Limited of East Africa.
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Utopia Mining Limited of East Africa what?
- Milbane: Shares. Shares, my dear McGurk. At the market value today that I guarantee will soar to a dollar a share in two weeks time.
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Oh, I, uh, got to wait two weeks, have I?
- Milbane: That's all and they're yours Mr. McGurk for one thousand dollars.
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Oh, you mean, I give you one thousand dollars.
- Milbane: Merely a formality, I assure you.
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Well, can't we get along without the formalities?
- Milbane: Unfortunately, it is illegal in this state to give away securities. We do want things ship shape.
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Well, a thousand somoleans is a lot of ship shape.
- Milbane: Well, the amount is immaterial. Shall we say seven fifty?
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Well, well, that's closer to my bankroll. That's, that's all... One, two, four bucks is all I got.
- Milbane: You mean with you?
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: With me or without me.
- [last lines]
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Would you, uh...
- Mamie Steeple: Would I what, Slag?
- Roy 'Slag' McGurk: Would you lend me two hundred dollars on this belt?... Well, you know, a - a decent wedding costs that much.