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If I hear so much as a mouse fart in here the rest of the night,

I swear by God and sonny Jesus, you will all visit the infirmary.

Every last mother**er in here.

Call the trustees. Take that tub of shit down to the infirmary.

His first night in the joint, Andy Dufresne cost me two packs of cigarettes.

He never made a sound.

Tier 3 North. Clear.

Tier 2 South. Clear.

Tier 3 South. Clear.

Tier 1 North.

Tier 1 South. Clear. Tier 4 South. Clear.

Prepare to roll out.

Roll out!

Are. Are you going to eat that?

I hadn’t. I hadn’t planned on it.

Do you mind?

Ah.that’s nice and ripe.

Jake says thank you.

Fell out of his nest over by the plate shop.

I’m going to look after him until he’s big enough to fly.

Oh, no, no. Here he comes.

Morning, fellas. Fine morning, ain’t it?

You know why it’s a fine morning, don’t you?

Come on. Set ‘em down. I want ‘em all lined up here,

just like a pretty little chorus line.

Yeah, look at that!

Look at that. Oh, Lord! I can’t stand this guy.

Yes. Richmond, Virginia.

Smell my ass! After he smells mine.

Gee, Red, it was a terrible shame about your horse coming in last, an’ all.

But I sure do love that winning horse of mine, though.

I owe that boy a great big, sloppy kiss when I see him.

Why don’t you give him some of your cigarettes, instead?

Lucky **.

Hey, Tyrell.

You pull infirmary duty this week?

How’s that horse of mine doing?

Dead.

Hadley busted his head up pretty good. The doc had already gone home for the night.

Poor bastard lay there till this morning.

By then, hell, there weren’t nothing we could do.

What was his name?

What did you say?

I was just wondering if anyone knew his name.

What the ** do you care, new fish?

It doesn’t **in’ matter what his name was. He’s dead.

Andy kept pretty much to himself at first.

I guess he had a lot on his mind,

trying to adapt to life on the inside.

It wasn’t until a month went by that he opened his mouth

to say more than two words to somebody.

As it turned out.

that somebody was me.

I’m Andy Dufresne.

The wife-killing banker.

Why did you do it?

I didn’t, since you ask.

You’re gonna fit right in!

Everybody in here’s innocent. Didn’t you know that?

Heywood, what are you in here for? Didn’t do it. Lawyer **ed me.

Rumor has it you’re a real cold fish.

You think your shit smells sweeter than most. Is that right?

What do you think? To tell you the truth,

I haven’t made up my mind.

I understand you’re a man that knows how to get things.

I’m known to locate certain things, from time to time.

I wonder if you might get me a rock hammer. A what?

A rock hammer.

What is it, and why? What do you care?

Well, if it was a toothbrush, I’d just quote a price,

but then a toothbrush is a non-lethal object.

Fair enough.

A rock hammer is about six or seven inches long.

Looks like a miniature pickaxe.

Pickaxe?

For rocks. Rocks.

Quartz?

Quartz.

And some mica.

Shale.

Limestone.

So?

So, I’m a rock hound.

At least, I was in my old life. I’d like to be again on a limited basis.

Or maybe you want to hammer somebody’s skull.

No, sir.

I have no enemies here.

No? Wait a while.

Word gets around.

The Sisters have taken quite a liking to you.

Especially Bogs.

I don’t suppose it would help any if I explained to them I’m not homosexual.

Neither are they.

You have to be human first. They don’t qualify.

Bull queers take by force; It’s all they want or understand.

If I were you, I’d grow eyes in the back of my head.

Thanks for the advice.

Well, that’s free.

You understand my concern.

Well, if there’s any trouble, I won’t use the hammer.

Then I guess you want to escape. Tunnel under the wall, maybe.

Did I miss something? What’s funny?

You’ll understand when you see the rock hammer.

What’s an item like this usually go for?

Seven dollars in any rock and gem shop.

My normal mark-up’s 20 per cent.

But this is a specialty item.

The risk goes up, the price goes up.

Let’s make it an even ten bucks.

Ten it is.

Waste of money, if you ask me.

Why’s that?

Folks around this joint love surprise inspections.

If they find it, you’re gonna lose it.

If they do catch you with it, you don’t know me.

Mention my name, we never do business again.

Not for shoelaces or a stick of gum. Now, you got that?

I understand.

Thank you.

Mr. er.?

Red. The name’s Red.

Red?

Why do they call you that?

Maybe it’s because I’m Irish.

I could see why some of the boys took him for snobby.

He had a quiet way about him.

A walk and a talk that just wasn’t normal around here.

He strolled.

like a man in a park, without a care or worry in the world.

Like he had on an invisible coat that would shield him from this place.

Yeah. I think it would be fair to say.

I liked Andy from the start.

Let’s go! Some of us have got a schedule to keep.

Move it! Come on. Move it!

Bob, how are you doing? How’s the wife treating you?

Easy.

Keep it moving.

Red.