"Watch!" he commanded, close in her ear. "Watch Rhues—and the others!"
Rhues counted slowly, wetting his thumb with hasty movements and dropping bills from the roll to the table top.
"Both you"—he looked up to indicate Matson and Julio—"gits 's much 's me, an' I done th' work!"
"An' if we're snagged, we stand as good a chanct o' gettin' away as you," Matson remarked, and laughed shortly.
Rhues looked up again and narrowed the red lids over his eyes.
"You said it!" he snarled. "That's why it's good to keep yer mouths shut! That's why you got to dig out—with me.
"If I'm snagged—remember, they's plenty o' stories I could tell about you two—an' I will, too, if I'm snagged 'cause o' you!"
He worked his shoulders in awkward gesture.
"An' that's why we want our share," Matson growled back. "An' want it quick! We watched th' road; you done th' killin'. We thought it was jus' to settle things with that ——, but it wasn't. It was profitable."
He ended with another short laugh.