Washington Merry-Go-Round1932

Button Gwinett Brown:
. . .I don't mind telling you that the biggest crook in Washington is your friend Norton.

Alice Wylie:
Why, he could buy and sell people like you by the gross.

Button Gwinett Brown:
Sure, that's his specialty, buying and selling people. What's *your* price?

Alice Wylie:
How dare you talk to me like that?

Button Gwinett Brown:
You think you know your Washington. Your Washington is just a Vassar daisy chain. To you, it's all a merry-go-round: embassies, parties, teas, dances. Why, if you got into a covered wagon, you'd ask for a chauffeur. You're like all the rest of the people around here: soft and dizzy and useless. [she slaps him, and runs out.]