I asked: "What do you pay a pound for salt ?" "A hundred milrays." "We pay forty.

What do you pay for beef and mutton--when you buy it ?" That was a neat hit; it made the color come.
"It varieth somewhat, but not much; one may say seventy-five milrays the pound." "_We_ pay thirty-three.

What do you pay for eggs ?" "Fifty milrays the dozen." "We pay twenty.

What do you pay for beer ?" "It costeth us eight and one-half milrays the pint." "We get it for four; twenty-five bottles for a cent.
What do you pay for wheat ?" "At the rate of nine hundred milrays the bushel." "We pay four hundred.

What do you pay for a man's tow-linen suit ?" "Thirteen cents." "We pay six.