| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 40 | The steward View more quotes about might">might then improve his offer, or prepare to depart. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 37 | Buyer and seller part, each convinced that he has had by far the best of the bargain. |
| 8 | 38 | In this market, on the other hand, a steward would simply approach a vendor and point to some article, and hold up a certain number of fingers. |
| 8 | 39 | The vendor would then hold up a higher number, sometimes bending his fingers at the knuckle to indicate a fraction of the value unit, which would be, presumably, the copper tarn disk. |
| 8 | 40 | The steward might then improve his offer, or prepare to depart. |
| 8 | 41 | The vendor would then either let him go or lower his price, by expressionlessly lifting fewer fingers than before. |
| 8 | 42 | When either party called off the bargaining, his fists were closed. |
| 8 | 43 | If a sale had been made, the steward would take a number of pierced coins, threaded on a string hung about his left shoulder, hand them to the vendor, pick up his article and depart. |