You can handle the machine, and I'll do the look-see." "Aw, sa-ay! I--" "I know it's against my promise to a certain extent," Johnny went on.
"I know I've got you in a corner, too, where you can't help yourself.
You couldn't walk to the railroad, or even to the closest ranch, if you knew the way--which you don't.

You'd wander around in the heat and the sand--well, you're pretty helpless without me, all right, or the plane.
I sabe that better than you do.

You've got to do about as I say, because you haven't got the nerve to kill me, even if I gave you the chance.
Sneaking off with the plane is about as much as you're game for.
"Well, the point is this: I don't want to take any mean advantage of you.

I can't afford to pay you what your services are really worth, as pilot--and there's no reason why I should.

But--well, I ain't quite broke yet.