He was chagrined and angry; his florid face was redder than ever; but, more than all, he was puzzled.
"Well," he observed, after a moment, "this beats me, this does! Last time we talked you was willin' to consider sellin'.

What's changed you?
What's the reason you won't sell?
What business reason have you got for not doin' it ?" I had no business reason at all.

Except for Mother's counsel not to sell, which was based upon sentiment and nothing else, and my own stubbornness, I had no reason at all.

Yet I was, if anything, more firm in my resolve.
"How about the Lane ?" he demanded.

"You know what that Lane means to Denboro ?" "I know what you say it means.