The counterman scooped out Sumatran coffeebeans,ground them,put the grounds in a filter in the cone and poured hot water over them to give me a sample of their product.
In the drapery department a salesman, a fresh hand, who slept in the house, had come in after eleven o'clock and in the haberdashery department, the second counterman had allowed himself to be caught smoking a cigarette downstairs.