Why, I thought you knew how that worked, Mr. Lawrence. The money goes for their burials. And Mr. Clay got their funerals. It's just like they've been drumming up business for him.

Simpson explains why Mr. Clay is bailing out the people who stole from him.

— Joe Simpson in Harlem Cycle #1 - A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes, 1957)


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