Clerk. Six cents a pound.
Mrs. Highfly. I’ll take half a one. My family is quite small.
Clerk. Can’t cut it, ma’am. It sells by wholesale.
Mrs. Highfly. I’ll try some other store.
[Exit Mrs. Highfly in displeasure.
(Enter nice Old Lady, dressed in black; white cap-frill shows under her bonnet: she carries a work-bag, and wears spectacles (without glasses); makes a little courtesy.)
Old Lady. Good-morning, sir. I’ve come to town, and I want to buy some sugar-plums for my grandchildren.
Clerk. Large or small kind?
Old Lady. Which are the best?
Clerk. Large ones are better for large children, and small for the small ones.