“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?”