from page 82 and 83 of DEVIL MAKE A THIRD:

"Papa," he said,"it's like you know when to plant. It ain't just knowin', it's part feelin'. Well, I got that feelin'." He didn't talk long and when he finished it was like he had been interrupted, like there was something else that might be said. He sat down again, watching his father's lips move slowly and soundlessly with thought until the old man was ready to speak.

"Boy," he said, and his still-red beard stirred, "ain't we movin' a mite fast?"

Buck shook his head stubbornly.

"Watch the barbershops," he said, "they follow the money. There ain't a one left on our street."

from page 192 of DEVIL MAKE A THIRD:

Buck sat down an leaned across the table.

"I've laid big plans for the three of us," he said, "me, you and Hearn. Bannon Brothers, a partnership. Sound different, huh?"

"A partnership sounds good," Jeff said. "But in what? What's the building for?"

Buck leaned back.

"A hotel," he said. "A hotel with a bathroom and a telephone in every room."

"What the hell!" Jeff said. "What makes you think a hotel'd pay here?"

"Drummers," Buck said, "they'll spend ten dollars of the company's money to make one for themselves. I found out in New York. Give 'em a good room, a pretty good boy to wait on 'em and a fast poker game every night, and you'll see it'll take 'em two weeks to work our territory."