Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Must be--brought down by the heavy rains. If I don't miss my
guess--" Billy broke off, forgetting in the intensity with which
he continued to look.

"Hilyard'll sell for thirty an acre," he began again,
disconnectedly. "Good land, bad land, an' all, just as it runs,
thirty an acre. That's forty-two hundred. Payne's new at real
estate, an' I'll make 'm split his commission an' get the easiest
terms ever. We can re-borrow that four hundred from Gow Yum, an'
I can borrow money on my horses an' wagons--"