"I was about to look out for a boat.

Have you done your business to your satisfaction ?" "Tolerably!" answered the Jew.

"I have purchased some corn from Upper Egypt, and stored it in the granaries here.

The whole of that row yonder were to let for a mere song, and so we get off cheaply when we let the wheat lie here instead of at Alexandria where granaries are no longer to be had for money." "That is very clever!" replied the Greek.

"There is bustle enough here in the harbor, but the many empty warehouses and the low rents prove how Memphis is going down.