"Most money spends well. It's a shame it doesn't come back quite as well."

Unless one is good with business, of course, and Meyer considers himself to be a budding businessman. Perhaps not at the level he'd like to be at, especially in the City, limited as it is. Back home, although he was under Rothstein's watchful eye, which he chafed against more and more, he had the possibility for expansion. Here, a decently profitable casino was probably all he was ever going to have, and he'd have to make peace with that somehow.

"Did you meet Lucy here in the City, or did you know her back home?"