“That’s some policy all right,” said the man, looking back over his shoulder as he started for the door. At the door, however, he paused.
“Listen,” he said, “do you sell it ... uh, you know, by the case?”
“Well, yes,” said Grand, “you would get some further reduction if you bought it by the case—not too much, of course; we’re working on a fairly small profit-margin during the sale, you see and—”
“Oh, I’ll pay the two-for-one all right. Christ! I just wanted to know if I could get a case at that price.”
“Certainly, would you like a case?”
“Well, as a matter of fact, I could use more than one case....”
“How many cases could you use?”
“Well, uh ... how many ... how many have you got?”
“Could you use a thousand?”
“A thousand?!? A thousand cases of Grape-Ade?”