Leary: Your competitor, Strickland, has fallen on hard times.
Piers: Yes. I read about the accident with his bridge in the paper.
Leary: Everybody's luck runs out sometime.
Piers: For a man with his resources, one fallen bridge is a nuisance, not a calamity.
Leary: Turns out his investors feel otherwise.
Piers: I'm listening.
Leary: That contract will be in place soon. A lot of other city contracts are up for grabs. I've got the mayor's ear. Under the right conditions, I can make sure those contracts go to you.
Piers: And I assume those conditions mean hiring Irish labor.
Leary: That's part of it.
Piers: And the rest?
Leary: With your business expanding? You need a partner.
Piers: Partner? I really hadn't considered...
Leary: Good man. We ought to celebrate.
