“Six dorrah.” the old chinese man urged, pointing his knobbly walking stick at the mirror.
Six dollars for a full length floor mirror, possibly an antique, definitely a period-accurate reproduction at the least, its immensly flat, rectangular and shiny surface framed by golden dragons, intermingling and flowing along the edge.
“Six dollars?” I asked skeptically, running my hand over the decorations. “Is this real gold?”
“Ya, real gold. Six dorrah.”
Deep in Chinatown, the small shop was full of things like this mirror: Way too nice, and _way_ too cheap.
“What’s wrong with it?” I asked.
“Nothing wrong with it, too big for shop.” he urged, waving his walking stick around the small shop. He wasn’t wrong, the mirror took up a not inconsiderable amount of space in the already cramped shop, but even so…
“For pretty lady, I make it five dorrah.”
“How would I even get it home?” I asked, touching the silvered glass of the mirror. When I did, I swore it rippled like cold water, but nothing could be seen on its flat surface.
“Five dorrah include tax and shipping.” the old man urged, and I pulled a fiver out of my wallet. What’s the worst that could happen?