“Too much.”

“Not for the work to be done. Remember, I agree to get you off without any more trouble than just giving in your evidence.”

“But I don't need to get off. I ain't done nothin'.”

“No, I understand. Of course not.”

“Say five hundred, and it's a go.”

“No, sir. I can't do it for that. I might take seven hundred and fifty, but—”

“It's too much, a————sight too much. You'd ought to do it for less.”

“Couldn't think of it.”

“Well—”

“Is it a go?”