The airs he puts on are insufferable.
And, speaking of wages, reminds me of prices of merchandise.

In Paris you pay twelve dollars a dozen for Jouvin's best kid gloves; gloves of about as good quality sell here at three or four dollars a dozen.

You pay five and six dollars apiece for fine linen shirts in Paris; here and in Leghorn you pay two and a half.

In Marseilles you pay forty dollars for a first-class dress coat made by a good tailor, but in Leghorn you can get a full dress suit for the same money.

Here you get handsome business suits at from ten to twenty dollars, and in Leghorn you can get an overcoat for fifteen dollars that would cost you seventy in New York.
Fine kid boots are worth eight dollars in Marseilles and four dollars here.