She was keen on a bargain was Mrs Sharpe. The other clay she went into a draper’s shop to buy a piece of silk to renovate" an old juniper, and selected about half a yard at 2s 6d “ Now that I have cut this piece off. madam,” ventured the assistant, “it leaves a remnant of a yard and aquarter. Won’t you take the whole piece?” “How much will you charge mo for it?” demanded Mrs Sharpe at once. “Er—two shillings.” “Well, then, I’ll take the remnant and you keep the yard you’ve cut off.”
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Evening Star, Issue 20313, 23 October 1929, Page 8
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