“On Saturday we work until twelve,” said the blonde at the real estate agency. - If you stay there longer, then throw the key in the mailbox, please. We only have one key, and on Monday, perhaps some other buyer will want to inspect the apartment. Sign here, if you please... sir."Sir" was added after a hitch, reluctantly and reproachfully. She did not believe that this pathetic old man with a hoarse voice and dubious pretense of gentlemanship was really going to buy an apartment. She had a professional nose for a real buyer. Ernest Gabriel. A strange name, half common, half weird…”