4/17 But I am willing to take ten, so that I can, sell out quickly. It's a very hot day." And the woman wiped, with her apron, the perspiration from her glowing face. "I'll give you forty cents for five boxes, and nothing more." "But, madam, they cost me within a trifle of eight cents a box." "I can't help that. You paid too much for them, and this must be your loss, not mine, if I buy your strawberries. I never pay for other people's mistakes. |