"Which I do not mean that you shall do, so I prefer to remain close to the trail. The sheriff's posse will pass this way as soon as a special engine can be run to the scene of your robbery."
"And you will turn me over to them?"
"Exactly."
"I will not be alive."
"That will be your fault, then. You will be worth just as much to them."
"Well, for my proposition—are you open to anything that I might suggest? I made you a fair offer, when I held the better hand."
"An offer that you did not mean, however."
"I swear that I did mean it."
"I have only your word for that."
"And my word is all I have to give you."