A list drawn up while making notes on the theme of money in ‘To Have and Have Not‘…
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Cost to leave port of Fort-de-France … 5 francs
Cost of gas for Morgan’s boat … 28 cents/ gallon
Morgan’s guess as to cost of gassing up his boat (40 gallons) … $11.20
Money Johnson gives Morgan for gas (tells Morgan to put the change against what he owes)… $15
Wage of Horatio (works baiting hooks on Morgan’s boat)… $1/ day
What Morgan charges Johnson for his fishing excursions: $35/ day
Cost of the rod and reel Johnson loses… $275
According to Morgan, what Johnson owes Morgan for 16 days on the boat … $560
What Morgan charges Johnson for the loss of the tackle and the 16 days (rounding down for what Johnson’s already paid)… $825
Found in Johnson’s Wallet… $60 cash, $1400 in American traveler’s checks, and a plane ticket
What French resistance will pay Morgan for his services… 2500 franks
What Morgan says 2500 franks equals in U.S. dollars… $50
(Morgan later buys a plane ticket with the amount he’s given by the resistance as a fee)
The money that’s “just enough to be able to say no if I want to” (Slim’s traveling money)… $30
Morgan’s bill at the hotel … 6,356 Francs
(Assuming the exchange rate used previously of 50:1 is correct, in dollars his hotel bill amounts to $127.12)
Renard’s attempt to pay off Morgan … $500
Renard’s final offer … $825 Johnson owed Morgan + $500 + Morgan’s impounded money.
Amount named in Cricket’s “Hong Kong Blues” (*) … $50 (“I need someone to lend me a fifty dollar bill and then/ I’ll leave Honk Kong far behind me for happiness once again.”)
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