"Mr.Eades finally offered eighty, and I told him I regretted that we hadn't done the trading at the time that he came over to Gridley to see the canoe.

Mr.Eades replied that at the time he came here he wasn't authorized to speak for his friends, but merely to look at the canoe and report.
After that he made one or two more small increases in his price, but I seemed to have lost interest in the subject of a trade and looked at my time table to see when the next train left for Gridley.

Then we talked about other matters, and, fellows, I was pretty glum, though I didn't allow the fact to show.

Finally, he offered me more money, and then a little more.

At last I came down on my price, and made him my final offer.