“What persistless individuality was that?” asked Barres.
“A ve’y or-nary human objec’, suh, pahshially afflicted with one bad eye.”
“That one-eyed man? He’s been here several times, hasn’t he? Why does he come?”
“Fo’ commercial puhposes, suh.”
“Oh, a pedlar?”
“He mentions a desiah, suh, to dispose, commercially, of vahious impo’ted materials requiahed by ahtists.”
“Didn’t you show him the sign in the hall, ‘No pedlars allowed’?”
“Yaas, suh.”
“What did he say?”