You want me to drink this glass of very bad whisky, but I'm sure that you don't want it badly enough to shoot me.
"'There are many reasons.

In the old days a man shot down another and then rode off on his horse and was forgotten, but in these days the telegraph is faster than any horse that was ever foaled.

They'd be sure to get you, sir, though you might dodge them for a while.

And I believe that for a crime such as you threaten, they have recently installed a little electric chair which is a perfectly good inducer of sleep--in fact, it is better than a cradle.

Taking these things all into consideration, I take it for granted that you are bluffing, my friend, and one of my favourite occupations is calling a bluff.