Yes, madam? Can I help you?
Oh, yes, please. But you are just closing, aren't you?
Well, yes, we are, madam. The shop shuts down in five minutes.
I shall not keep you long then. It was about some saucepans you had in your window last week.
Last week, madam? I really can't remember which ones you mean. What were they like?
Oh, they were lovely. Sort of imitation wood, dark brown color, country-style you know, and the lids, if I remember rightly, they had a sort of leaf pattern, or was it flowers?
That's strange. I don't recognize any of the ones we had from that description. Are you sure they were in this shop?
Oh, you must know the ones I mean. They were on sale, a real bargain. Reduced to a quarter of the original price. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them.
I am afraid the sales are over now, madam. And you know we all sold out of the saucepans.
I don't think you did, you know. My neighbor told me she saw some here only yesterday.
Well, it's all new stock in the window now.
May I just have a look, to see if there is anything else?
Eh, well, madam, as you know we are closing.
Yes, yes, I am sorry I won't keep you. It must get on your nerves when customers come in right at closing time. But they were such beautiful saucepans. I'd have bought them if I had made up my mind on the spot.
Perhaps madam, if you come back tomorrow, I could show you the whole range of kitchen ware. And there are still one or two things at the sale price.
Oh, look! That was the one there. That is the sort of thing I was looking for. But it's not quite the color.
That might be the artificial lighting, madam. Of course, if you could come back in daylight, you might find it's exactly what you are looking for.
There it is. That is the pattern! The set behind you. Thank goodness, they haven't been sold. And thank you so much for being so patient with me. Yes, those are the ones.