"Yes, sir," said he. "Third counter to the right."
I went to the third counter to the right. A man there looked at my sample on both sides. Then he said: "We haven't any of this."
"I was told you had," said I.
"We had it, but we're out of it now. You'll get that from an upholsterer, someone who recovers furniture.”
I went across the street to the upholsterer's store.
"Have you anything like this?" I asked.
"No," said the man, "we haven't. Is it for furniture?"
"Yes," I answered.
"Then Turkey red is what you want."
"Is Turkey red just like this?" I asked.
"No," said he, "but it's much better."
"That makes no difference to me," I said. "I want something just like this."
"But they don't use that for furniture," he said.
"I should think people could use anything they wanted for furniture," I said, somewhat sharply.
"They can, but they don't," he said, calmly. "They don't use red like that. They use Turkey red."
I said no more, but left. The next place I visited was a very large store. Of the first salesman I saw, I asked if they sold red calico like my sample.
"You'll find that on the second floor," said he.
I went up the steps. There I asked a man: "Where will I find red calico?"
"In the far room to the left. Over there." And he pointed to a distant corner.
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