"That is a two-cent stamp, madam. Please stand aside, and let the gentleman behind you come up."
"But haven't you got them in any other color? I never did like that shade of red."
"There is only one color."
"That is strange. I'd think you'd keep them in different shades, so that there'd be some choice. You are sure you have none in a brighter red, or even in a different color—Nile green, or seal brown, or jubilee blue, for instance?"
"You can put two one-cent stamps on your letter if you like."
"Let me see them, please. Ah, that will do. I like that shade so much better. I'll take only one, if you please."
"If it's for a letter you'll need two. These are one-cent stamps and letter postage is two cents per ounce."
"Oh, I don't want to put two stamps on my letter; I don't think they will look well."
"It requires two cents to carry a letter, madam, and you must either put a two-cent stamp on or two ones. It won't go without. I must ask you to please hurry, for you are keeping a great many people away from the window."
"That's singular. I don't like the looks of two together. You are sure the other doesn't come in seal-brown, or——"