“Somehow that d-d-don’t sound jest right to me,” says Mark. “It’s kind of uncertain. I think we ought to know jest what you’ll p-p-pay.”
“Well,” says Dwight, “I couldn’t offer you as much to-day as I might be able to get for you. I’ve got to be safe. I couldn’t set a price and then sell at a loss. You’d get more by waiting.”
“Maybe so,” says Mark, “but I’d rather you m-made an offer.”
Dwight sort of hesitated a little and hemmed and hawed, but pretty soon he told Mark what he could pay for each kind of goods.
“Um!...” says Mark. “That the b-best you can do?”
“It’s the best the market will allow me to offer.”
“Market’s crowded, eh?”
“Badly.”
“With bowls in special?” says Mark.
“Yes,” says Dwight.