Will you name your price for them ?" "No, I would rather not," Mr.Jervoise said cautiously.

"If we asked too high a figure, we might frighten the purchasers away.

If we should ask too little, we should be the losers.

I daresay they have named, to your friend, the price they are willing to give.

You had better ask from them a good bit above that, then you can come down little by little, and maybe, seeing the horses are really good ones, they may advance a bit.