Original artwork, not a still
His first night in the joint, Andy Dufresne cost me two packs of cigarettes. He never made a sound.
— The Shawshank Redemption · 1994
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker remembers Andy's silent first night through its cost of two cigarette packs. That small personal loss makes the absence of a sound especially memorable. The line suggests that an expectation went unmet, while leaving the precise arrangement behind the cost unstated.
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