In a quarter so wholly given over to business, there are brokers and under-clerks who go about almost every morning inquiring as to the course of prices, articles most in demand, etc.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
Now, when one of these brokers entered a certain feather-shop, the girls asked him laughingly: Have you brought us some children's caps?
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
Panic arose; bankers and brokers faced ruin.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews