“Yes, that is the drawback to red. No, I think, on the whole, the grey is safer.”
“Then you will take the grey, madam?”
“Yes, I think I’d better; don’t you, dear?”
“I like it myself very much.”
“And it is good wearing stuff. I shall have it trimmed with— Oh! you haven’t cut it off, have you?”
“I was just about to, madam.”
“Well, don’t for a moment. Just let me have another look at the red. You see, dear, it has just occurred to me—that chinchilla would look so well on the red!”
“So it would, dear!”
“And, you see, I’ve got the chinchilla.”
“Then have the red. Why not?”