“But you are not the buyer, are you, Miss Brandeis?”

“No, Mr. Slosson buys.”

“I thought so.”

“But I select for my entire department. I decide on our styles, materials, and prices, six months in advance. Then Mr. Slosson does the actual bulk buying.”

“Something new-fangled?” inquired Sid Udell. “Of course, we've never sold much to you people. Our stuff is——”

“Yes, I know. But you'd like to, wouldn't you?”

“Our class of goods isn't exactly suited to your wants.”

“Yes, it is. Exactly. That's why I'm here. We'll be doing a business of a million and a quarter in my department in another two years. No firm, not even Horn & Udell, can afford to ignore an account like that.”

Sid Udell smiled a little. “You've made up your mind to that million and a quarter, young lady?”

“Yes.”