There are thousands and thousands of them, and most of them'-- she lowered her voice--'know as much about cut and material as they do about stockbroking.

Do you twig?
People like Mrs.Middlemist and Mrs.Murch.They spend, most likely, thirty or forty pounds a year on their things, and we could dress them a good deal more smartly for half the money.

Of course we should make out that a dress we sold them for five guineas was worth ten in the shops, and the real cost would be two.

See?
The thing is to persuade them that they're getting an article cheap, and at the same time making money out of other people.' Thus, and at much greater length, did Miss.

French discourse to her attentive sister.