Bill laughed.
"Must have it? I like that. Look around. Do you think I'm going to stand that sort of thing from your fellows without paying somebody out? As you happen to have come along first I'll pay you out. You'll get nothing from me to-day."
"I must have it, Bill. I'll pay double price for it."
"When?"
"In a month. I can't do it now."
"A month! Six months you mean, and then it's uncertain."
"Not with me."
"I'll not deny you're a good payer, and straight, but you've got to suffer for the sins of others. You're one of 'em," returned Bill.
Glen Leigh leaned over the counter, his face close to Bill's.
"If you knew what I wanted it for you'd give it me without payment," he said.