"What?"
"I--I just wanted to see if you were still there."
"Of course I'm here."
Jeff, who had intended to hold a five-dollar bill against the cell bars
and indicate that it would be Pop's in exchange for freedom, abandoned
the plan almost as soon as he conceived it because it was hardly
consistent with the business policies of Tarrant Enterprises, Ltd., or
with its standards. He must pay for nothing if he could trade, and there
had to be something he could trade for release.