Madelene pouted a little when he closed her hand around the marble. She wasn't going to be very happy unless he let her pay him. She smiled a little and dug a penny out of her money pouch and held it out for him. "I could give you another penny, sir and then I can stay," she suggested.
"Or I could come back in four days if you would rather that, sir," she said, even though she most likely wouldn't.