 The next day, the county attorney Robert Lee Jefferson berates Nick for not doing his job and never making any arrests.Jefferson warns Nick that he will face a strong opponent in the coming election from Sam Gaddis.Nick replies that the people don't really want him to do his job, that they enjoy petty crimes such as gambling, public drunkenness, and prostitution and that if he started to arrest people for such crimes he would have to arrest the whole town.