"How much would you require?"
"Oh! I don't know."
"Well, I'll call again this day week," said Frank, tiring of this useless talk and guessing what the farmer's intentions were. He rose and added: "I hope you will have made up your mind by then."
Quoth the farmer: "I should be very sorry for you to have had to come here for nothing, perhaps we may yet come to terms."
"Will you sell it? 'Yes' or 'No,'" said the young man re-seating himself.
"If you don't mind giving me my price."
"What is your price?"
"Land is very dear. This piece is situated quite close to town, it ought to fetch top price. There's two and a half vergées to that field. I have heard that some land has been sold for eight quarters a vergée."
"I won't give as much for this one; it's twice too much."