“Oh, yes,” said Roy, “let’s see—I forget.”
“Go on—stop your fooling! What was it?”
“Do you have to know?”
“What was it?”
“She said she was going to recip—Oh, listen!”
“Re-what?”
“Reciprocate.”
“What’s that?”
“Pay you back.”
“I wouldn’t take a cent. I wouldn’t take anything from her,” said Tom. “I’m a sco—”