"There are no witnesses.

If you get me, nobody will know, and your word is good.

If not--it's much simpler than the other." Then, when the gambler still made no move, he insisted, "You wouldn't have me kill you like a rattlesnake ?" "You couldn't," said the older man.

"You're not that kind--and I'm not the kind to be cheated, either.

Listen! I've lived over forty years, and I never took less than was coming to me.