"We'll go down in the wreck, if we get too reckless," said Jacob, fearfully.
"Who cares?" responded Peter, inexorably.
"I care," said Jacob, with some humility.
"I don't," said the dogmatic Peter.
"But I have daughters and a son," protested Jacob.
"No more than lots of other men," replied the angry Peter, rubbing excitedly.
"But look at the difference?" now pleaded Jacob.
"There isn't any," snapped Peter.
"Do you infer, Peter, that you will play false, too?" asked Jacob, seized with the impression that his fellow grafters would desert him.
"I infer nothing; I act," said Peter, turning to look out his place of espial.