"I call you down before you speak."
"What was I going to say?"
"You were going to say there was risk, and I must not scare it."
"Partner, you are a mind reader."
"I can read your mind when it runs in a generous direction."
"It is not a matter of generosity but of precaution. Those fellows look like a desperate trio."
"Certainly, but they are off their guard."
"Yes."
"How?"