I was very much hurried at the time when you bought it, and in measuring it off, made a mistake against myself of two yards.

There should have been four dresses in the piece.

One had been sold previous to yours.

Not long after your dress had been sent home, two ladies came into the store and chose each a dress from the pattern.

On measuring the piece, I discovered that it was two yards short, and lost the sale of the dresses in consequence, as the ladies wished them alike.