A Toast

From The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

By Herman Wouk

Lt. Barney Greenwald: I wanna drink a toast to you, Mr. Keefer. From the beginning you hated the Navy. And then you thought up this whole idea and you managed to keep your skirts nice and starched and clean, even in the court martial. Steve Maryk will always be remembered as a mutineer. But you, you'll publish your novel, you'll make a million bucks, you'll marry a big movie star, and for the rest of your life you'll live with your conscience... if you have any.

Here's to the real author of the Caine Mutiny... Here's to you, Mr. Keefer. (Splashes drink in Keefer's face)

If you wanna do anything about it, I'll be outside. I'm a lot drunker than you are... so it'll be a fair fight.