“How much of a fortune does she mean to you?”
“I will clear a hundred thousand dollars from this piece at least; a hundred thousand dollars! You think I will let you rob me of that?”
“I’m not going to. I will pay you that much to cancel her contract.”
Reben gasped in his face. “You—you will pay me a—hun—dred—thou—sand—dol—lars?”
“Yes.”
“When?”
“I haven’t that much cash in the bank.”
“Ha, ha! I guess not!”
“But I will pay it to you long before Sheila could earn it for you.”
“I will believe that when I see it.”