At first they would not hear to this, and haggled and bargained with the man, but he stuck to what he had said, and the people were forced to give him the hand-mill.

• 起初，他们根本听不进去，还是一直在和这个人讨价还价，但这个人一直坚持自己的要求，那些人不得不把手推磨给他了。