"It is a custom in some countries to present an object to one who is polite enough to admire it." "Nobody never give _me_ a present," Buddy said.

"Not one that I wanted.
I never had _nothing_ that I didn't have to have and couldn't get along without.

This cigareet case is worth more 'n all the stuff I ever owned, an' I'm sure obliged to you." He replaced the article in Gray's hand.
"Eh?
Won't you accept it?
Why not ?" "I--Oh, I dunno." Gray pondered this refusal for a moment before saying, "Perhaps you think I'm--trying to make a good impression on you, so you'll buy some diamonds ?" "Mebbe." Buddy averted his eyes.

He was in real distress.
"Um-m! I ought to punch your head." Gray slipped the case into young Briskow's pocket.

"I don't have to bribe people.