Red: He's got his fingers in a lot of pies, from what I hear.

Andy: He's got scams you haven't even dreamed of, kickbacks on his kickbacks, a river of dirty money running through this place.

Red: The problem of having that money is that sooner or later, he'll have to explain where it came from.

Andy: That's where I come in. I channel it. Filter it. Funnel it, stocks, securities, tax-free municipals (1). I send it out into the real world, and when it comes back...

Red: Clean as a virgin's honeypot, huh?

Andy: Cleaner. By the time Norton retires, I'll have made him a millionaire.

Red: If they ever catch on, he'll wind up in here wearing a number himself.

Andy: I thought you had more faith in me than that.

Red: I know you're good, but all that paper leaves a trail. Now anybody gets curious, FBI, IRS...whatever. It's gonna lead to somebody.

Andy: Sure it is, but not to me, and certainly not to the warden (2).

Red: All right, who?

Andy: Randall Stevens.

Red: Who?

Andy: The "silent" silent partner. He's the guilty one, the man with the bank accounts. It's where the filtering (3) process starts. They trace anything, it'll just lead to him.

Red: But who is he?

Andy: He's a phantom, an apparition. Second cousin to Harvey the Rabbit. I conjured (4) him...out of thin air. He doesn't exist, except on paper.

Red: You can't just make a person up.

Andy: Sure you can, if you know how the system works. It's amazing what you can accomplish (5) by mail. Mr. Stevens has a birth certificate, driver's license, Social Security number.

Red: You're shitting me.

Andy: If they trace any accounts, they'll wind up chasing a figment(6) of my imagination.

Red: Well, I'll be damned! Did I say you were good? Shit, you are Rembrandt.

Andy: you know, the funny thing is on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook (7).

Notes to the words:

(1)   tax-free municipal: 免税的市政公债

(2)   warden: n. 监狱看守人

(3)   filtering: n. 过滤；筛选

(4)   conjure: v. 变戏法,(凭空)想象，这里是编造

(5)   accomplish: v. 完成；实现

(6)   figment: n. 想象中的事物; 虚构的事物, 无稽之谈

(7)   crook: n. 坏蛋；骗子

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