"It's lovely, but I'm afraid thirty guineas is too much for me."

"It is a good deal, but Madam must remember this a genuine old dress. We Guarantee it to have been in constant wear for at least five years."


"I say! that's a smart frock, if you like!"

"H'm, yes. But it's only imitation—not real old."


"I like it, but it looks dreadfully new."