My time in attending to my business had been shortened. At ten in the morning was the usual hour to show myself visible to my clients after taking a breakfast at a nearby eatery. I followed my business time like a clockwork and never had diverted from it unless there was a most urgent task that needed my attention immediately, in that case I would be absent in a moment and be back soon again in a short while. Nearly all of my regular clients had been accustomed to my schedule since the days I began to establish my attendance on that corner of Avenida Riz. As my customers came to learn the trade, they themselves actually acted as primary fences. I was the main capitalist who had the money to buy their single or accumulated goods. Though I was only a second tier on the trade hierarchy, I pro
