human
Play for it, he said, in a harsh, croaking voice.
gpt
Play for the two thousand. Win it, if you can. You want it bad. I want to keep it bad. It's nice to have; it makes a man feel warm--money does. I'd sleep in ten-dollar bills, I'd have my clothes made of them, if I could; I'd have my house papered with them; I'd eat 'em. Oh, I know, I know about you--and her--Diana Welldon! You've sworn off gambling, and you've kept your pledge for near a year. Well, it's twenty years since I gambled--twenty years. I gambled with these then. He shook the dice in the box.
human
I gambled everything I had away--more than two thousand dollars--more than two thousand dollars. He laughed a raw, mirthless laugh.
gpt
Well, you're the greatest gambler in the West. So was I--in the East. It pulverized me at last, when I'd nothing left--and drink, drink, drink. I gave up both one night and came out West. I started doctoring here. I've got money, plenty of money--medicine, mines, land got it for me. I've been lucky. Now you come to bluff me--me! You don't know old Busby. He spat on the floor.
human
I'm not to be bluffed. I know too much. Before they could lynch me I'd talk. But to play you, the greatest gambler in the West, for two thousand dollars--yes, I'd like the sting of it again. Twos, fours, double-sixes--the gentleman's game! He rattled the dice and threw them with a flourish out on the table, his evil face lighting up.
gpt
Come! You can't have something for nothing!