"I ain't used to doin' business with more'n one man."
"Oh, we're all on the level," growled Murphy. "Come out with it."
"Well, then, I say yes—with an 'if'."
"And the 'if'?" queried Baxter.
"If the price is right."
"What do you think it should be?"
Foley studied the men's faces from beneath lowered eyebrows. "Fifty thousand."
This was the sum Baxter had mentioned the afternoon before. But Isaacs cried out, "What!"
"That—or nothing!"
"Half that's enough," declared Murphy.