[Stop smiling, he nearly commands -- but won't, fearing that Will had already predicted that response. Consider that Will had predicted it, and still didn't care to mask his unregulated emotions. "You know what I can do," he speaks. "You should have saw this coming."

And perhaps Chilton ought to have seen it coming.]

I don't have many friends. [Spoken quickly, brusquely.] I had considered you among the few. But I won't let myself get killed. Your friendship implores a hazardous living.

Will I be able to trust you, once Crane gets himself convicted?