‘What!’
‘Nothing?’
‘What do you mean?’
‘I don’t want to sell it!’
‘Not at any price? I will give you a big price for it.’
‘No; I do not want to sell at any price.’
‘Not for a hundred tousand pound? two hundred tousand pound? five hundred tousand pound? Come, if you show me a reef like that quartz on your farm, I shall give you one million pounds. Don’t say no, mijnheer—Ten hundred tousand pounds?’
‘No, I don’t want your money.’
‘You tink I have no money! Come to the bank, I will show you. You tink you get more from annuder man. I tell you one million pound very much monies. Ask the young man!’ pointing to Steve.
‘No, I don’t want your money. Come, Stephaans, let us go.’