"Haggled?" she repeated uncertainly. She was familiar with the concept, of course. But certainly, she had never done such before. Frankly, she had never had need to purchase much of anything before, but she decided to keep that to herself. "No. Never."

At least now she understood what he had been driving at.

Sort of.

"I'm afraid," she sighed, "that I'm not as worldly as I would like to be. You must understand, I never traveled beyond the walls of my own city until I was twenty six years old."