"I don't like bargaining; you had better state your price." Grace, looking on across the broken hedge, sympathized with the farmer.
For one thing, she wanted the otter to escape; besides, she approved the man's resolute quietness.

He had pluck, since it was plain that he was taking an unpopular line, and he used some self-control, because Thorn's tone was strongly provocative.

In fact, she thought Thorn was not at his best; he was not entitled to suggest that the other was trying to extort as much money as he could.
"No more do I like bargaining," Askew replied.

"There will be no digging here.

You have smashed the hedge, and that's enough.