When Candy spoke they both jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible. Candy said, “You know where’s a place like that?”
George was on guard immediately. “S’pose I do,” he said. “What’s that to you?”
– John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men, Chapter 3. When Candy hears George and Lennie talking about their dream of having their own farm, he wants in. He is willing to give his life savings to help them buy the farm.