At the end of the year, the narrator tells us, is the time of year-end sales. He tells us that he still has plenty of money left over from last year, and that he's going to spend it all on shopping. The narrator is impressed with the pretty young woman who works for him, and he compliments her on her beauty. He also tells her that her husband is a "lucky man" , and thanks him for his kind words. He then offers to give her a discount on the price of a variety pack of three different kinds of crabs. He says that he can save the woman a lot of money by offering rock-bottom prices on the crabs. She's all, "Gee thanks, the best" .