Explanation:
About Thomas Shelby.
I knew what I was doing was against the rules. But he was smiling so I knew it wasn't wrong. The rules were wrong.
– What the hell is a "sticky maple"?
– It's kind of what it sounds like. It's a Riverdale thing.
– No, Kevin, it's a slut-shaming thing. And I'm neither a slut, nor am I going to be shamed by someone named, excuse me, Chuck Clayton. Does he really think he can get away with this? Does he not know who I am? I will cut the brakes on his souped-up phallic symbol.
– Or we can go to Principal Weatherbee.
– About the coach's son? Who is captain of the football team, and Riverdale High's resident golden boy?
– Or I can expose him in the pages of the "Blue and Gold". Yeah, I can do that!
– No. Spoken like a true good girl who always follows the rules. Well, I don't follow rules! I make them! And when necessary, I break them! You wanna help me get revenge on Chuck, Betty, awesome. But you better be willing to go full dark, no stars. What do you say, in or out?
— I've been good to you, Ivy. I've been polite. I've taken you to the theater and to the cinema. I've never been that nice to any girl before.
— Am I supposed to feel lucky?
— It's dishonest to grab a bloke for all he can offer without giving him nothing in return. I don't think it's playing the game.
— Well, I'm not playing your game. You'd better get used to that idea!
Since the players are looking to beat the casino the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.
I mean, it's sort of exciting, isn't it, breaking the rules?
What were his ten rules?
1. Never hit a woman
2. Always back up your mates
3. Never scab
4. Never cross a picket line
5. Never grass friend for foe
6. Tell them nowt (them being polis, dole, social, journalists, council, census, etc.)
7. Never let a week by without investing in new vinyl
8. Give when you can, take only when you have to
9. If you feel high or low, mind that nothing good or bad lasts for ever and today's the start of the rest of your life
10. Give love freely, but be tighter with trust