After a while, Hunter raised his eyes to the other's face, but immediately let them fall again.
'Well,' said he, 'I might--perhaps--be able to let you have a day or two.

You can come here to this job,' and he nodded his head in the direction of the house where the men were working.

'Tomorrow at seven.
Of course you know the figure ?' he added as Newman was about to thank him.

'Six and a half.' Hunter spoke as if the reduction were already an accomplished fact.

The man was more likely to agree, if he thought that others were already working at the reduced rate.
Newman was taken by surprise and hesitated.