I knew what gold was and it caught my attention but I continued to act as before. I had already refused to trade with him for coins and I acted now as...if the gold coin was no different to the copper and silver coins he had offered my previously. He physically deflated. From a posture of producing the coin and expecting an excited reaction to being told I wasn't interested seemed to really take it out of him."This coin is worth all of your goods put together!" He said."Your coins are of no value. But, just for the sake of thinking it out, what if she'd been right, that some of the rumors about the show not being renewed were true? Would Shae be open to a return to Bradford, too?It was hard to say. They hadn't talked about it, but it was clearly something that would have to be talked about. Dave could remember her in high school coming right out and saying she didn't want to be a Bradford mom with a house full of kids and a job running a fork truck out at General. But that was then .... .. You know — all those good things," he replied with a straight face."Why James Conroy, you should wash your mouth out with soap! Of all the nerve! My God! Hank Conroy is the purest, nicest, warmest..." How do you know?" he demanded. "You've never met her." That's true," she admitted, "but I've heard so much about her, I feel like I know her. She is the warmest, most loving wife God ever put on this earth!" That's true, too," he said without expression, "but what's that have to do with her. He came to greet me opening his door and inviting me in enquiring as to how my journey had been and how I was. I was warmly welcomed in. I sat on a chair to take off my shoes. To calm my nerves after the motorway driving W put the kettle on and made us both a welcome cup of tea. I asked how he was and had he had his lunch? He paid me a compliment and said he liked my green top. W was wearing a cream and blue/red check shirt. I handed W a present of homemade blackberry and apple jam, homemade.