"Very good; but as you may change your mind someday, and feel an inclination to betray me—"
"Oh, señor, what an idea!"
"No one knows what may happen. You will at once sign a paper on which these conditions will be fully detailed."
"¡Caray! What you ask is most compromising."
"For both of us, as my proposals will be equally recorded."
"But, in that case, what is the good of writing such a paper, as it will compromise you as much as me?"
"For the simple reason that if some day you feel inclined to betray me, you cannot ruin me without ruining yourself, which will render you prudent, and oblige you to reflect whenever a bad thought crosses your brain."
"Do you distrust me, señor?"
"Have you any excessive confidence in me?"
"That is different; I am only a poor scamp."