"Well what?"
"You don't think I'd give you a penny for nothing! It's for your thoughts."
He gave her a quick little glance.
"Oh, my thoughts! And I hoped it was pure disinterested benevolence!"
"Tell me your thoughts! I'm sure you were thinking of something nice for us—"
He interrupted flurriedly.
"Something nice? I—I— What made you think that? I wasn't! I really—"
"You looked sort of kind," she said, laughing.
"Well, I wasn't!"
"Give me back my penny!" He handed it back with an absent-minded air.