[He strands straight, hands still fisted and ready to get back into it if necessary, but he doesn't ready another blow.]
That's the difference between you and me, Harry. I wouldn't have.
[There was a difference between a light double-cross on a simple job for a few months of rent money and one where that mattered, one where he was partnering up equally with someone he'd genuinely seen as a friend.
Or maybe that's just what he wants to believe now. Maybe he would have been tempted to do as Harry thinks he would have, eventually. But he'd never intended to do so, and they'll never know for sure.]
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That's the difference between you and me, Harry. I wouldn't have.
[There was a difference between a light double-cross on a simple job for a few months of rent money and one where that mattered, one where he was partnering up equally with someone he'd genuinely seen as a friend.
Or maybe that's just what he wants to believe now. Maybe he would have been tempted to do as Harry thinks he would have, eventually. But he'd never intended to do so, and they'll never know for sure.]