"Devil's corner" - читать интересную книгу автора (Scottoline Lisa)

PART TWO

The names of the streets are mostly to be taken from the things that grow in the country, as Vine Street, Mulberry Street, Chestnut Street, and the like.

– WILLIAM PENN, Instructions to His Commissioners, 1681

Q: What type of crack or what quality of crack did you see on Brooklyn Street? Was it good, was it bad?

A: What type of crack?

Q: Was it good quality or poor quality?

A: Oh yeah, the best work in the city.

Q: The best work in the city? What does "best work" mean?

A: The best crack in the city.

Q: Is that just that the amount you sold was good in terms of volume, or was it the actual quality?

A: Quality.

– DAVID WEST,

United States v. Williams,

United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Criminal Docket No. 2-172, February 23, 2004, Notes of Testimony at 736-737