If you don't want the job all you have to do is say so."The young man frowned. He had hoped that it would be easy money, but it didn't look like it no.... He even feared that he would lose the job all together. "Okay, I can do the job for Ten dollars, plus expenses."Tom shook his head slowly, "Five dollars, plus reasonable expenses."The young man frowned again, "Who determines what a reasonable expense is?"Tom looked him in the eye and said, "I determine what a reasonable expense is. And anything. ”“Huh?”“To hear you tell it, it’s hopeless so there’s no reason for you to do anything. There’s no reason for you to have volunteered to sit outside in the cold all night once a week. There’s no reason for you to have sounded the alarm and rescued me when I was being burned alive by my own father. There’s no reason for you to have painted that mural and raised those funds and given me a platform to tell people about the homeless. You should have this back, because there’s no reason for you to. I had worked late and had come home just after midnight. When I walked back to my bedroom I saw through my window that Maryann was still up. She sat upright on her bed, covers up to her waist, reading a book. Considering that this was as natural a thing for a woman to be doing at that time of night, and the fact that she was fully clothed (as best I could tell), I was surprised to note the rapid swelling in my trousers. I stripped down, went in and took a quick shower. I left the bathroom light. Brown currently charges fer a full wagon load of freight, as long as they didn't have ta pay for the whole wagon. So, what I propose is that we arrange with these small businesses ta handle their freight needs fer a rate based on the size or the weight of the merchandise they want delivered. It would be a package here an' a couple of crates there, but I think that it could easily amount ta double what Mrs. Brown usually charges fer a whole wagon load right now."I don't have exact numbers ta.