"It does look good, then?
You told Mr.Graham and that Mr.Wirt a different story, Mr.Green.You told them this land won't raise white beans, and you were at some pains, I believe, to explain why it would not.

You convinced them, by some means or other, that the whole tract is practically worthless for agricultural purposes.

Both Mr.
Wirt and Mr.Graham had some capital to invest here, and now they are leaving, and they have persuaded several others to leave with them.

Does it really look good to you--this land proposition ?" "Not your proposition--no, it don't." Andy faced her with a Keen level glance as hard as her own.

One could get the truth straight from the shoulder if one pushed Andy Green into a corner.