“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.”