"Will you take odds ?" "No charity.

Who else will bet ?" "I," said Jim Boone instantly.

"You figure her for an ordinary sulky kid." Pierre smiled upon him.
"There's a cut in my shirt where her knife passed through; and that's the reason that I'll bet on her now." The whole table covered his coin, with laughter.
"We've kept one part of your bargain, Pierre.

We've seen your father buried in the corner plot.

Now, what's the second part ?" "I don't know you well enough to ask you that," said Pierre.
They plied him with suggestions.
"To rob the Berwin Bank ?" "Stick up a train ?" "No.