"I never received a cent—not a penny. You've got to pay me back somehow."
"Well, I am not going to do it by stealing," answered Nelson doggedly.
"Then how are you going to do it?"
"I don't know yet."
"I'm going to give this place up soon, and of course the living rooms will go, too."
"I can find another place to live."
"You want to git out of paying me that five dollars a week, don't you?" sneered Pepper.
"I can't pay five dollars. But I'll pay what I can. How much do you think I owe you?"
"A good deal—seeing that I've kept you ten years or longer."