"Yes, please do.... You haven't mentioned the amount yet."
"I'm coming to it. I want to prepare your mind. Of course I don't know how it will strike you."...
"Go on, please."
"First of all, I'll say I'm certain it's more than we should get from anyone else. I've gone to the root of everything. I have worked it out with plain figures.... Well, then—Bence will give six thousand pounds."
"No, I won't accept the offer."
"It would be three thousand apiece."
"I refuse to agree to the sale."
"It will be ready money, you know—paid on the nail."
"Richard, I can't agree to it."
"Why not? Of course I know I can't jump you into it. I don't want to do so. I simply want to persuade you that it's our only course."