human
What a game chap you are, Fanning,
gpt
I only wish I could believe in your `practical joke' theory, Sellon, said Renshaw, and his tones were very cold and stern.
human
But I can't, and I tell you so straight. Do you know that for the bare attempt at the hideous treachery you proposed just now you would be lynched without mercy, in any mining camp in the world. Wait--let me say it out. I have shared my secret with you, and have given you wealth, and even now I will not go back on our bargain--share and share alike. But there is one condition which I must exact.
gpt
And what's that?
human
I trusted you as fully as any man ever was trusted. I thought the large diamond was as safe in your possession as in my own. I left it in your possession, thereby placing temptation in your way. Now I must insist on taking charge of it myself.
gpt
Oh, that's another pair of shoes. Possession, you know--nine points-- eh?
human
Why, the very fact of your hesitating a moment proves what your intentions were, and are, said Renshaw, speaking rather more quickly, for even he was fast reaching the limits of patience.
gpt
I must ask you to hand it over.
human
And suppose I decline?
gpt
One of us two will not leave this place alive.