THE DEATH WHISTLE

"IF YOU LIKE, you'll be able to live upon the interest - many a man who is thought well off lives on less. Or, if you prefer to aim at the big things - and you're that kind of man - you'll have enough capital in hand to enable you to bring off successfully some of those greater villainies which make men millionaires."
The listener laughed; the situation appealed to his peculiar sense of humour. The man in the bed looked at him.
"I like to hear you laugh, lying here. If I were out of this, and...