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COAST. Well?
STEVEN. Do you advise me to risk it?
COAST. [_Pretending indifference._] What?
STEVEN. Louise's money?
COAST. I ain't advising anything. If it went wrong, you'd blame me to
the women.
STEVEN. Is that the kind of a man I am?
COAST. [_Rises and goes to Steven and slaps him on the back._] No,
Steve, I take it back. You take a licking better'n any feller I ever
saw.
STEVEN. Experience! But this thing can't go wrong! The man who told me
is the head and--I told Georgiana--didn't she give you a hint?
COAST. [_After a slight pause._] No.
[_Turns up to the window and stands there with his back to Steven._
STEVEN. My tip's a great one--safe! Now, shall I take it?
COAST. Of course, when I feel as you do about a thing, I do it.
STEVEN. And by George, I will too!
COAST. Why not?
[_Turning and facing him._
STEVEN. Yes! what I make's for Louise, not for myself.
COAST. I wouldn't say anything to Louise about it.
[_Comes down a little._
STEVEN. No, she'd be sure to talk it over with Georgiana.
[_He sits by the table._
COAST. And, say, not a word, you know, about me in all this.
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