I know all the customers,
they are all my friends. I will take it over from you at what you paid
for it. No! I will be generous. I will give you a small profit to make up
for the time you have wasted."
Guest's expression changed. He beamed on the other and adopted a knowing
air.
"Aha!" he said, "I begin to understand. It is a matter of business this.
So you were thinking of taking this restaurant, eh?"
Kauffman nodded.
"For me it would be a different affair altogether," he said hastily. "I
have explained that."
Guest still smiled.
"I think, Mr. Kauffman," he said, "that I have made a good bargain. I am
very much obliged to you, but I think that I shall stick to it!"
Mr. Kauffman was silent for several moments. The expression upon his face
was not amiable.
"I understand," he said at last. "You do not believe me. Yet every word
that I have spoken to you is truth. If a stranger becomes proprietor of
this restaurant, its business will be ruined."
"No! no!" Guest protested. "They will come once to see, and they will
remain.
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