Traps Need Fresh Bait

"I want to dissolve our partnership," said Donald Lam to Bertha Cool. "What have I done now? " she protested. "God knows I've put up with your shenanigans... "

"It isn't what you've done," Lam told her, "it's what I've done. "

"What have you done? "

"I've got in a jam where I'm going to lose my license. "

"You sound as if you've been talking to the police. "

"They've been talking with me," said Donald.

"I see," Bertha said; and then added after a moment, "I'ma cantankerous old bitch, but I don't leave a partner on a sinking ship. Now, use that noggin of yours to get this thing straightened out. "