I walked through the crowds of purchasers and salespeople, and around the counters and tables filled with goods, to the far room to the left. When I got there I asked for red calico.
"The second counter down this side," said the man. I went there and produced my sample.
"Calicoes are downstairs," said the man.
"They told me they were up here," I said.
"Not these plain goods. You'll find them downstairs at the back of the store, over on that side."
I went downstairs to the back of the store. "Where will I find red calico like this?" I asked.
"Next counter but one," said the man, walking with me in the direction he pointed out.
"Dunn, show this man red calicoes." Mr. Dunn took my sample and looked at it.
"We haven't this shade in that quality of goods," he said.
"Well, do you have it in any quality of goods?" I asked.
"Yes; we've got it finer." And he took down a piece of calico, and unrolled a meter or two of it on the counter.
"That's not this shade," I said.
"No," said he. "It is finer and the color is better."
"I want it to match this," I said.
"I thought you didn’t care about the match," said the salesman. "You said you didn't care for the quality of the goods. You know you can't match goods unless you take into consideration quality and color both. If you want that quality of goods in red, you ought to get Turkey red."
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