A Nero Wolfe Mystery2000

[Wolfe fakes a nervous breakdown for Dr. Vollmer]

Nero Wolfe:
Do you want to pay two dollars a pound for butter? Fifty cents for shoestrings? A dollar for a bottle of beer? Hmph. Well? Confound it, answer me!

Archie:
I don't know if it's the willies or what, but as you can see -

Nero Wolfe:
Just because I ask you to lend me five dollars until the beginning of the next war, does not mean that I'm a frugal person.

Dr. Vollmer:
Who wrote this script for him?

Archie:
It's been like this ever since I brought him home.

Dr. Vollmer:
He's been out of the house?

Nero Wolfe:
Archie tells me that you're masquerading as a doctor. Bah! They'll take your clothes off too! Oh, yes, they'll examine every inch of your skin, and they'll find the mark. The one that entitles you to a discount.