She just stared stonily back at the man who demanded it of her, and, with classic poise and understandable resignation, later stated that she merely found the entire conversation "disappointing".
I watched in wonder as over 100 cars drove past me, most of the drivers averting their faces or staring stonily ahead so as to appear not to notice me.
When they sought to extend it they were stonily rejected and told they should not have received the first loan; these were for farmers planting a woodlot on their land.