Last Monday they wrote that they had an offer of blankets at a figure a long way below mine.

I didn't believe that articles equal in quality to mine could be produced at the price, and wrote a hint to that effect.

I received--nothing could have been more courteous--a sample of the blankets offered.

Well, I admit that it was at least equal to what I could supply in every way.

I wrote again asking as a favour to be supplied with the name of the competing firm.