"My dear sir," I replied, "they are going to England."
"I want them. What will you take for them?"
"I can't sell them, sir."
"You can send others, you know."
"No, sir. I can't dispose of these, surely."
"Can you duplicate this lot?"
"Pretty nearly—perhaps not quite."
"I see," he continued. "I will give you two hundred dollars for them."
"No, sir."
"Three hundred—come!"