"Certainly. That's the kind he is."
"But can't you do somethin'?"
"Do! What can I do?"
"Swear to what ye've jist told me."
"Oh, yes, I'll swear to that at any old time. But what good will it do?"
"It might do ye a lot of good, an' me too."
"You!"
"Sure. I'm in this hole fer bein' a public benefactor, an' if you'll jist swear to what ye've told me, it might help us both out, see?"
"Have you something against Rackshaw?"
"Yes, a few things, more or less."