Page:Fashions for Men And The Swan Two Plays (NY 1922).pdf/139

 —And now I want a couple of pair with some sort of design, not clocks.

—Stars, circles, dots, triangles, squares, circles, stars, squares, dots

—Some very quiet design.

—[Contemplates the shelves.] Quiet, quiet Just a moment, sir. I'll bring it right here. [He hurries off through the archway.]

—These are rather good. But I only see one.

—There must be more. [He rummages in the box.]

—Now, if you don't mind, we will go over the lot from the beginning. Seeing so many kinds gets one all confused.

—Just as you say, madame.

—[Re-enters with a box.] How do you like these, sir? [Puts it on the counter.]

—Too loud. Much too loud. I want something very quiet.

—[Greatly perturbed.] If I only knew where they were. [In perplexity.] Quiet, quiet, quiet [Looks at .] If I only knew where those  [As  ignores him, he raises his voice.] They used to be kept here on the third shelf.

—[Grudgingly, angrily.] Fourth shelf