RAUCHHAUPT
Yon better be goin' an' buy some silk stockin's.
MRS. FIELITZ
What's the meanin' o' that?
RAUCHHAUPT
That don't mean, nothin' much. You might think she was a countess—standin' there at Mrs. Boxer's:—Adelaide, I mean, what's now Mrs. Schmarowski. There she stood in the shop an' chaffered about a yellow petticoat. She's a great lady nowadays an' one as wears red silk stockin's.
LEONTINE
People like us don't hardly have enough to buy cotton, ones.
[Exit.