Notes

The Spanish teacher said to me with a grin- He who speaks does not know. He who knows does not speak.

“It is not the purpose of thsss work to do more then give, in detail, a pictur of Mr. Landor's residence – as I found it.”
   — E. A. Poe

They made their way to the flea market near Boulevard de Strasbourg. One particular booth stood out. It's attendant was an older man with a full gray beard reaching half way to his waist. He was wearing a hat and a long worn topcoat with a handkerchief in the breast pocket. The coat was heavy but not that out out of place considering the unpredictable weather of that May. On his display table was an incredible array of 173 carefully arranged fishing lures of various age and levels of quality , and a few well worn paperbacks...