Felix


See that guy over there

Which one

The guy selling the sunglasses

What about him

His name is Felix

And he has been selling sunglasses

There in front of the hotel

For forty six years

How do you know

My father remembers him

He looks pretty ancient

That is because he is ill

Is it serious

Terminal

How sad

Too many cigars have rotted his lungs

I spoke to him the other day

He asked me whether I would be interested in buying his business

What did you say

I said I would think about it

Will you

Probably as he has not long left

How long

It is not long

What is he asking

Eight thousand euros

That is such a small amount for all those years

I agree

Is it to pay his medical bills

No he just wants to return to Morocco to see his final days out

If you buy it are you going to spent the next forty six years selling sunglasses

No

I thought I would employ someone to sell the sunglasses with any profits going to the local charities

I would like you to do that

Catch him later and offer him ten

This is the saddest story I have heard in years

On your better days Christopher you are almost a saint