When the customer had left the store, Nichols turned complacently to Walter.
"How did you like that calico?" he asked.
"It seemed to me very ugly."
"Wasn't it, though? It's been in the store five years. I didn't know as we should ever get rid of it."
"I thought you said it was all the rage."
"That's all gammon, of course."
"Haven't you got any prettier patterns?"
"Plenty."
"Why didn't you show them?"