"You can't soft-soap me! You don't want explanations! You want me to get myself in bad.

But you won't get anything out of me.

I know my rights." This defiant speech produced an effect opposite to what Collins had intended.

The detective banished the note of persuasion from his voice and adopted an accusing tone, heightened by a manner almost ferocious.
"You don't want to get yourself in bad!" he snarled.

"Well, you're in so bad now that you can't possibly get in worse.