“These turned out nice,” said the boss. “Hard account, when you consider.” He narrowed his eyes, looked at the matchbook again. “Is he wearing spats?”
Joe flushed. “No, that’s his cuff. The client wanted me to add a picture of a guy who realized his pants were too short. For the tailoring side.”
“Uh huh.”
“See, the guy’s noticing that he might want to lengthen the pants. And the client wanted a woman too, since they do women’s tailoring.”
“How do they lengthen pants? I’ve never been able to figure it out.”
“They take it out of the cuff, I imagine.”
“Then you’re left with less cuff.”
“No going back.”
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