“Thanks! Now, I am very busy——”
“Shust so! Business are business! Not for ze vorld vould I stand in ze light. Only bermit me shust vun vord. Ze orders you give for Photographic Sensitizer Preparation Number Six, vy, zey are immense, colossal; and you pay on ze nail. My firma get no such orders novere, and zey are surprise, because Number Six is new zink; it is not long zat it is on ze market. Vy zen come so large orders from so little place? Zey zink zere are business to be done; zerefore am I here.”
“Well, you can’t expect the merits of the stuff to be known all at once.”
“Shust so. Zerefore I come! Schlagintwert say: ‘Mr. Dorrell use a great lot of P.S.P. No. 6; zerefore muss it be vair goot; go and see Mr. Dorrell; perhaps he be so kind to give testimonial—zat vill be goot business.’”
“Afraid I can’t do that. You see, I don’t use it in photography, and that is what you advertise it for.”
“But ve vill advertise it for anyzink you please!”
“My use of it is secret at present.”
“Zen ve vill buy ze secret! Ve are vair rich firma.”
“But it wouldn’t be a secret then.”
“Zat is true, but it vould be business. Zere vill be patent rights, perhaps; vell, ve buy zem; ve buy anyzink zat is goot business.”