I urged that one should be reasonable; but he seemed to think not, and to avoid controversy I paid the extortionate franc.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
I remembered that just a month before, in New York, I had paid an extortionate dollar in like circumstances.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
He alone bought and ground the grain, and baked the bread, which he sold to his people at an extortionate price; he bought damaged flour in Genoa and fed it to his subjects at the same rate as good.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells