[speaker001:] Can you ship this batch of cotton within five or six weeks?
[speaker002:] What kind of cottons are they? May I see your list? Ah, machine prints.
[speaker001:] Yes, mainly prints. There are a few plain as well. Here they are.
[speaker002:] I see. And the quantities.
[speaker001:] 200 rolls of each. Make it 200 rolls for each sample.
[speaker002:] How many rolls altogether?
[speaker001:] Twenty prints and five plain. That makes 5,000 rolls in all.
[speaker002:] Six weeks, did you say?
[speaker001:] Yes, five to six weeks.
[speaker002:] We could manage the plain rolls in six weeks. The prints might be put off to eight weeks.
[speaker001:] Eight weeks? We can wait that long.
[speaker002:] That's the best we can do just now, I'm afraid.
[speaker001:] Can't you make it seven weeks for the prints?
[speaker002:] What about taking the prints in two shipments? Two thousand rolls in seven weeks, and the remained a week later.
[speaker001:] That might be acceptable. I shall have to cable our Beijing office to get their approval. You can definitely supply in the time you've given me, I suppose.
[speaker002:] Yes, I'll see that you get those delivery. Shipping by " S. S. American " as usual, is that all right?
[speaker001:] That's right.
[speaker002:] When can we expect your confirmation of the order?
[speaker001:] As soon as I hear from Beijing, that will be either Friday or Saturday.
[speaker002:] All right.