He walked up and down the floor, chuckling.
"Well," he said, at last, "you've made yourself solid in Denboro, anyhow.

And I told you you shouldn't lose nothin' by it.

The Selectmen held a meetin' last night and they feel, same as me, that that Shore Lane shan't be shut off.

You understand what that means to you, don't you ?" I looked at him, coolly.
"No," I answered.
"You don't! It means the town's decided to buy that strip of land of yours.

Definitely decided, practically speakin'.