"Why, its real value is insignificant!"
"It is valuable to me."
"No jeweler will give you more than three or four dollars for it—possibly five."
"Well?"
"I will give you ten dollars for that ring."
"It is useless for you to offer me money for it, as I do not intend to sell it."
Frank turned as if he would move away, but he felt a hand clutch his shoulder with a grasp of iron, while the voice of the stranger almost snarled:
"Don't be a fool, boy! I want that ring, and I mean to have it at some price. I will give you twenty-five dollars for it."
"Take your hand off my shoulder, sir!"
"I'll give you thirty dollars."