Frank R. Stockton · 1881 · B1 · ≈ 17 min
A Piece of Red Calico
Глава 1 — The errand
During the day, I stopped in at a large store. I saw a man walking the floor and asked him where I could see some red calico.
"This way, sir." And he led me up the store. "Miss Stone," said he to a young woman, "show this gentleman some red calico."
"What kind of red do you want?" asked Miss Stone.
I showed her the little piece of calico cloth that my wife had given me. She looked at it and gave it back to me. Then she took down a great roll of cloth and spread it out on the counter.
"Why, that isn't the right kind of red!" said I.
"No, not exactly," said she; "but it looks nicer than your sample."
"That may be," said I, "but, you see, I want it to look like this piece. There is something already made of this kind of calico which needs to be enlarged or fixed or something. I want some calico of the same shade."