She picked out the films I wanted, handed them to me.

“Got an envelope?” I asked.

By way of an answer, she dumped the rest of the films out and handed me the empty envelope.

I looked at the films. They were good and clear, two and a quarter by three and a quarter. They’d enlarge nicely.

“Nice exposure,” I said.

“Cut the personal stuff, please.”

“I was referring to the shutter timing,” I said.

“Oh!”

I studied the films. “And well developed.”

“That corner drugstore has done my developing for three years.”