Every Tuesday Carrie asked for her money.
"Do you think we live as cheaply as we might ?" he asked one Tuesday morning.
"I do the best I can," said Carrie.
Nothing was added to this at the moment, but the next day he said: "Do you ever go to the Gansevoort Market over here ?" "I didn't know there was such a market," said Carrie.
"They say you can get things lots cheaper there." Carrie was very indifferent to the suggestion.

These were things which she did not like at all.
"How much do you pay for a pound of meat ?" he asked one day.
"Oh, there are different prices," said Carrie.

"Sirloin steak is twenty-two cents." "That's steep, isn't it ?" he answered.
So he asked about other things, until finally, with the passing days, it seemed to become a mania with him.

He learned the prices and remembered them.

His errand-running capacity also improved.