What do you say ?" I didn't say anything.

Five hundred dollars was a generous offer.

I couldn't help thinking what Mother and I might do with that five hundred dollars.
"What do you say ?" he repeated.
I answered, Yankee fashion, with another question.

"Mr.Colton," I asked, "why do you want to close that Shore Lane ?" "Because I do.

What difference does it make to you why I want to close it ?" "That Lane has been used by Denboro people for years.