Costs this or that?—No answer. Deaf you think
The rogue must be, or stupid; for he heeds not
A syllable you say, but o'er his fish
Bends silently, like Telephos (and with good reason,
For his whole race he knows are cut-throats all).
Another minding not, or else not hearing,
Pulls by the legs a polypus. A third
With saucy carelessness replies: "Four oboli,
That's just the price. For this no less than eight.
Take it or leave it!" —J. A. St. John.