"I do."
"It is perfectly novel for a merchant to refuse to gain a profit on his wares."
"Pardon me, general, I do not refuse an honest profit; but I will not rob you, that is all."
"On my word, you are the first man I ever knew to look at trade in that light."
"Probably, general, because you have never had dealings with a Frenchman."
"I must yield. What do you ask for the beasts?"
"Nineteen piastres per head, which, I assure you, will give me a very handsome profit."
"Be it so. That makes—?"
"Fourteen thousand six hundred and thirty piastres."
"Very good. If that will suit you, I will give you an order for that sum on Messrs. Torribi, Dellaporta, and Co., at Guaymas."