"You say you want it for a double-page center?"
"Yes."
"Well, I'll do it for three hundred dollars."
I was taken considerably aback, as I had not contemplated paying more
than one hundred.
"I get that from all the magazines," he added, seeing my hesitation,
"wherever a supplement is intended."
"I don't think I could pay more than one hundred," I said, after a few
moments' consideration.
"You couldn't?" he said, sharply, as if about to reprove me.