
A Stab in the Dark: Matthew Scudder #4

Neither of us mentioned the hundred dollars that had changed hands. Why should we? He’d been glad to get it and I was glad to give it. A favor’s no good unless you pay for it. One way or the other, you always do.
Lawrence Block • A Stab in the Dark: Matthew Scudder #4
Favours vs gifts
Most people don’t really know their children until the children have become parents themselves.