dialogue: Lucine: Can I help you?
  Herta: Yes. When is the next train to New York City?
  Lucine: Let me see. . . the train to New York City. . . here it is. . . daily except Sunday at ten thirty, twelve twenty and fifteen ten.
  Herta: Aren't there any trains before ten thirty?
  Lucine: Sorry, not before ten thirty.
  Herta: Then one to New York at ten thirty.
  Lucine: One way or round trip?
  Herta: One way.
  Lucine: A soft seat or hard one?
  Herta: How much is a soft?
  Lucine: 15 dollars. And for a hard one, only 6 dollars.
  Herta: Then one hard seat, please.
  Lucine: OK. Here is your change. The train leaves on platform 8.
summary: Herta buys a one-way hard-seat train ticket to New York City with Lucine's assistance.