Secretary: Mr.Smirnov, this is Mr.Gray to see you.
Gray: How do you do, Sir?
Smirnov: How do you do, Mr.Gray. Will you down, please?
Gray: Thank you.
Smirnov: What can I for you, Mr.Gray?
Gray: You see, Mr.Smirnov, my firm is interested in your boilers.
Smirnov: Glad to hear it. We can offer you different models of boilers. Have you seen our catalogues yet?
Gray: Yes, I have. We require boilers, Model BL-220.
Smirnov: I see. And how many boilers do you require?
Gray: I believe, we can buy 2 boilers of the model. I must say, we would like to have the machines in July or August.
Smirnov: Very good. We can promise you July shipment,
c.i.f. Manchester. Are these terms acceptable to you?
Gray: Yes, quite. But what about the price?
Smirnov: I think we wrote in our offer that our price is $ ...
Gray: Can you reduce the price?
Smirnov: I am afraid we cannot, Mr.Gray.
Gray: All right.