I had to give him some sort of an answer. It wasn’t going to be completely true, but Myron Greene was far too experienced a lawyer to expect the complete truth from anyone.
“You’re not going to believe me,” I said.
He nodded. “I know.”
“But you want to hear it anyway.”
“That’s right.”
“By not keeping the money I may be trying to prove something.”
“What?”
“Something that I don’t believe exists.”
“I’ll ask what again.”
“A good thief.”
Myron Greene thought that over for a moment. “And have you? Proved it, I mean.”
“I don’t know.”
“Yes,” he said, “I can see how you wouldn’t.”
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