The tailor's hesitation to trust him for the insignificant sum of two hundred and fifty marks, the petty haggling for an infinitely less sum in the old-clothes shop, were a lesson to him.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss
They drew a line upon the earth as they had done before, squabbling over its distance from the painted post; Bois-Brules, their keen eyes gleaming, haggling for a greater stretch, and presently Maren stood upon that line and they had pressed into her hand a bright new hatchet, one of those bought from McElroy himself in the first days of trading.
"The Maid of the Whispering Hills"
Vingie E. Roe
So after much haggling he agreed to let his daughter go with the man.
"Europa's Fairy Book"
Joseph Jacobs