“The fact is, I don’t like this sort of thing.”
“Then leave it.”
“And leave my ten-thousand dollar stake against a thousand? Not much.”
“You were a fool to make that bet.”
“I know that as well as you do, but I was crowded into it.”
“You’re better at lifting money from a Wall Street office than at anything else, I guess.”
“Hush! you had your share of the money, didn’t you?”
“Yes, I had it until you got me into a poker game.”
“Well, I presume the broker has made twenty thousand since that time. So it don’t matter.”
“This is no place to talk over such things. Do your work, and let’s get out of here.”