"You mean to tell me that you, knowing who I am, really would have entered into a compact with me and taken me into your band?"
"That is just what I do tell you—just what I did mean. You would not have it so, and there was an end of it. I gave you a fair show, the same as I said I would."
"And now?"
"I want a fair show in return."
"Well, I'll give it to you, as far as I can. What is your suggestion?"
"Give me yours first. Perhaps it is something that we can agree upon, and, if so, no need to mention mine."
"Well, you undertake to aid me in taking this money safe to its destination, and I will use my influence with the governor for a pardon for you and make you my detective ally."
"Ha! ha! ha!"
"You will not listen to it, eh! Well, it is all I can offer you, and is on a par with the offer you made me."
"It is impossible, just as impossible as the offer I made you—yes, a good deal more so. The governor has a rope ready for me, and he will use it at the first opportunity."