fruit-hawkers

Updated: May 16, 2025

Frau Therese wanted as usual to have grain in exchange, but the peddlers would not give her as much as before. They said wheat had become very dear. The corn-merchants of Komorn had made large purchases and driven up the prices; they ground it themselves, and sent it over the seas. Therese would not believe this it was only gossip of the fruit-hawkers; but Timar paid great attention to it.

Mór Jókai - Timar's Two Worlds