“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—­”