In this story by Henry Slesar, a stranger in an expensive car visits a small-town real-estate agent to enquire about a dilapidated house that has a ‘For Sale’ sign out front. The agent advises that the owner (an elderly woman with an apparent sentimental attachment to the house) is insisting on over seven times a fair asking price. The man visits the woman to try to negotiate and is left with a bitter taste in his mouth when, after she proves inflexible, he is forced to agree to her price. Themes include crime, patience, appearances vs. reality, vengeance, justice.