twenty-cent-piece

Updated: May 23, 2025

"Well, yes," he answered, "I am in bad humor, like a man who for ten years past has been beating the drum in front of your d d financial shops, and who does not pay expenses. Yes, for ten years I have shouted myself hoarse for your benefit: 'Walk in, ladies and gentlemen, and, for every twenty-cent-piece you deposit with us, we will return you a five-franc-piece.

Emile Gaboriau - Other People's Money