"I'll tell you why,--because you're in my way. The deuce is in it if I haven't made the whole thing clear enough. I've told you all my plans because I thought you were my friend, and I've paid you well to help me, too; and yet it seems to me you'd do anything in your power to throw me over,--only you can't."

asked Bellfield.
"Because you're in my way. I've made it clear enough. I've told you all my plans because I thought you were my friend, and I've paid you well to help me, too; and yet you do all you can to throw me over - only you can't."
