"I wish to quit your service, sigñor."
"And I say again, I will not permit you to do so. It is not always that one can pick up such an accomplished villain as you are."
"Do I suit you so well?"
"So well, that I will not part with you."
"I am a finished villain?" Bambino asked, in a strange voice.
"Perfect in every respect."
"You have no fault to find with me?"
"None."
Bambino smiled quietly, as if pleased with an original idea which had just occurred to him.
"Give me fifty thousand dollars," he exclaimed, "and I will not trouble you any more."