I ought to have known that in your overwrought frame of mind you would snatch at the suggestion, and make it the basis of a fresh appeal.
"Now let me say, once for all, that my mind is firmly made up on this subject, and that it must be dropped between us.

The money is mine, and I shall keep it.

If you think it your duty to 'inform the authorities,' as you say, you must do so; and I would not say one word to hinder you.

I would never, as you do in this case, attempt to make my own conscience the regulator of another's conduct.

If you do regard me as the possessor of 'stolen money,' it is undoubtedly your duty to inform against me.