—I didn't need and had never missed—just a found sovereign.
[Puts revolver on table.
KARL, embarrassed
I give found money away.
[Turns on couch from him.
DEVIL
I would have given it away, but—it slipped through my fingers, and whatever slips through our fingers, that is just the one thing we want.
[Goes to KARL.
We break our necks for it: that's human nature. And if it once slips through your fingers, you will run after your found sovereign. And then, when it is too late, you will discover it was worth having.
KARL