We shall enter with them, I suppose, or at least behind them, and of course my house here will receive consideration; but--ha-ha!--how many chickens do you believe will be purchasable in Damascus one hour after the first Algerians get here?
Eh?
Put in another chicken, Hassan, mon brave.

Eh bien, oui--pack the basket full; put in more of everything!" At last he got into an overcoat lined with fox-pelt, for the night air was chilly and an overcoat is less trouble than blankets if you expect to spend a night on the move.

We hove the huge basket into the waiting auto, slammed the front door of the house behind us, piled into the back seat and were off.
"I shall be glad when this business is over," said Rene, with a sigh of satisfaction.

"I am a banker by profession.

For me the ebb and flow of trade, with its certainties and its discretions.