Sue: If Mom sees I don't have my coat, this whole thing is gonna crack wide open.
Axl: Well, if I don't finish this book, this whole thing's gonna crack wide open. So what do we do?
[cut to Axl driving with Sue in the passenger seat and Brick in the backseat:]
Brick: [reads] "Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck. A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside--"
Axl: You can't read every word. Just give me the highlights. And keep an ear out for when the mice come in. I think they're gonna be important.