[Standing beside the table, he eats a little cake.
Coast. Well?
Steven. Do you advise me to risk it?
Coast. [Pretending indifference.] What?
Steven. Louise's money?
Coast. I ain't advising anything. If it went wrong, you'd blame me to the women.
Steven. Is that the kind of a man I am?
Coast. [Rises and goes to Steven and slaps him on the back.] No, Steve, I take it back. You take a licking better'n any feller I ever saw.
Steven. Experience! But this thing can't go wrong! The man who told me is the head and—I told Georgiana—didn't she give you a hint?
Coast. [After a slight pause.] No.