human
Oh. It's you.
gpt
It's me,
human
I suppose you're going to slap a suit for false arrest on the Casino now, eh, counselor?
gpt
Not a bit of it, George, I said.
human
The thought occurred to me, but I think we can come to terms.
gpt
Yeah?
human
Nothing to it, George. You give us the three hundred grand and we don't do a thing.
gpt
Yeah?
human
If you want to go a little further, I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll give you one of our little good luck charms, if you'll promise to call your boys off Howley.
gpt
Nobody's on Howley, he said.
human
You ought to know better than that. In this state, if we get whipped in court, we play it square. Did you think we were going to get rough?
gpt
No. But you kind of figured on lifting that gadget as soon as he gets it back from the D.A., didn't you? I saw your boys waiting at his hotel. I'm just telling you that you don't have to do that. We'll give you the gadget. There are plenty more where that came from.
human
I see, Brockey said after a long pause.
gpt
O.K., counselor. It's a deal.
human
Fine. We'll pick up the money later this evening, if that's O.K.
gpt
Sure, counselor. Anytime. Anytime at all.
human
Well, that winds it up.
gpt
I don't get it, Howley said.
human
Why'd you call up Brockey? What was the purpose of that 'deal'?
gpt
No deal, I told him.
human
I was just warning him that killing you and taking the gadget wouldn't do any good, that we've covered you. He won't bother having anything done to you if he knows that the secret of the gadget is out already.
gpt
You mean they'd kill me? I thought Nevada gamblers were honest.
human
Oh, they are, they are. But this is a threat to their whole industry. It's more than that, it may destroy them. Some of them might kill to keep that from happening. But you don't have to worry now.
gpt
Thanks. Tell me, do you think we've succeeded?