A contract with a water company is going to cost you at least $30 a month," he argued. "And maybe you won't even be consuming that much water a month. Why don't you wait a few months and see how many clients you get and then decide if a water dispenser is absolutely necessary? If it is, buy it then. There's no rush to buy it now."
In addition, he argued, the trunk of her car was too small for the dispenser to fit into. Nor would it fit into her back seat. So, "end of argument," he concluded. They left Wal-Mart. Cynthia dropped George off at his place, and then drove back to Wal-Mart. The dispenser was in a box that was almost the size of Cynthia, but she carted it out to the parking lot and managed, somehow, to get it into her trunk.
That night, when George called, he asked, "You didn't go back to Wal-Mart and buy that thing, did you?"
"Of course not!" she told him.