- Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: Et tu, Eli?
- Elias 'Eli' Thompson: What?
- Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: Shakespeare, Julius Caesar...
- Elias 'Eli' Thompson: [after Nucky's words sink in] There's a character named Eli?
- Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: [to Margaret] If there really is a God, would he have really given me this mug?
- Margaret Schroeder: My husband beat me. He beat our children. He was a drunkard and a philanderer.
- Esther Randolph: And now you've moved up in the world.
- Margaret Schroeder: Do you hate Mr. Thompson?
- Esther Randolph: No, I rather like him. Not that it matters. Do you hate him?
- [Margaret doesn't answer]
- Esther Randolph: Your feelings are complicated.
- Margaret Schroeder: The truth is complicated as well.
- Esther Randolph: Then I'd be very interested in hearing what you have to say.
- Margaret Schroeder: Would I have to appear in court?
- Esther Randolph: I'll compel you to testify whether you cooperate with me or not. I can paint you either way on that witness stand, it's really up to you: the helpless widow unwittingly drawn in by her husband's killer or the shameless gold-digger seduced by money.
- Margaret Schroeder: Does it matter to you that neither of those are true?
- Esther Randolph: It matters that Enoch Thompson goes to jail. What has he given you besides money?
- Margaret Schroeder: He's never been cruel to me.
- Esther Randolph: He's been cruel to others.
- Margaret Schroeder: I've never seen it.
- Esther Randolph: But you know it anyway.
- Margaret Schroeder: I have children.
- Esther Randolph: And does their well being trump everyone else's? The victims as well as the criminals?
- Margaret Schroeder: If you had your own, you'd never ask.
- Esther Randolph: If I had my own, I couldn't bear knowing that their comfort was bought with the blood of others. Because sooner or later they'll find out themselves, and that won't be a happy day.
- Margaret Schroeder: [pause] If I did what you ask, what becomes of me?
- Esther Randolph: You'll never have to see him again. Set yourself free, Mrs. Schroeder. You'd be amazed at how much better you'll feel.
- Esther Randolph: [trying to convince Margaret into leaving Nucky and testifying against him] You'll never have to see him again. Set yourself free, Mrs. Schroeder. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll free.