Jimmy had been watching all of this silently. “You know,” he said dreamily, “I could probably sell all of this for a very high price. All I would have to do is get in touch with Whitey Blake.”
“Sure,” I said. “I thought about that. But there are two things about it.”
“What?”
“First, you’ve sat here watching me set a trap for someone. But you have no way of knowing that I’m not also setting a trap for you. I might have some other plan altogether.”
“And the second thing?”
“I don’t believe in very many people,” I said, “but I believe you wouldn’t do it. I don’t think you could save my life twice and then sell me out even if the price were right.”
He smiled broadly. “That is true, but how can you be sure?”
“I can’t, but there is another thing. You don’t know yet whether I will reward yo
