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Juhasz—[After a short inward struggle.] Cash! Twenty-four out of a thousand! [The Old Gentleman goes to Paula, pays her.]

Paula—[Ecstatically.] Twenty-four out of a thousand. [Rings the register loudly, opens the drawer.] Twenty-four and six make thirty . . . fifty . . . one hundred . . . two . . . five . . . and five are one thousand. Thank you, sir.

Old Gentleman—Good day.

Paula—Come and see us again.

Old Gentleman—[Has gone to the door, counting his change, now turns.] Look here! You gave me a hundred too much. [Returns a banknote to her.]

Paula—[In confusion.] Oh, I beg your pardon.

Old Gentleman—That's all right. I never mind getting too much. [He exits, chuckling over his joke.]

Oscar—[Has replaced the boxes on the shelves.] No matter. Such things happen. [He goes out through the archway.]

Philip—[To the Aristocratic Lady.] Shall we look at the Burberrys?

Juhasz—[To the Aristocratic Lady.] That coat from Vienna should arrive to-night at the latest.

Aristocratic Lady—Am I mistaken? That man who just went in there. . . . Wasn't that . . . Oscar?