“What share are you to have out of the proceeds of the sale of the gem?”
“Dick, you are talking nonsense!” exclaimed Enoch.
“Didn’t you tell me, when I questioned you, that this Monte Murphy was a square man, and that I could find a dozen high-rollers who would say the same thing?”
“I believed Murphy was square. He always treated me so until now.”
“I would never have had anything to do with him but for you.”
“Still, you can’t blame me. I thought I was doing everything for the best.”
Enoch talked in a smooth, easy tone, free of excitement. His manner more than his words impressed Kidd.
“Why,” added Cook, after a pause, “if you sold the diamond, I was to have half the proceeds.”
“Yes; and you can bet your sweet life I would have kept my word!”
“Do you suppose, even if I were inclined to give you the ‘razzle-dazzle,’ I could make better terms with Murphy?”