Rimbaud left Europe for Abyssinia where he became an arms and gold trader.
So his concerns are not those of the world's gold traders and speculators.
The area was frequented by fur trappers and gold traders.
And gold traders, apparently seeing no cause for alarm in whatever inflation they saw, pushed up the market only slightly.
That disappointed gold traders who had hoped for some strong indication of change, analysts said.
It is not surprising that a large network of gold traders has arisen with this kind of money at stake.
The whole was then bought up rich Australian gold trader named Campbell, who proceeded to pull things together.
This analyst added that "at a time when inflation seems under control and investor demand is weak," gold traders have "nothing else to go on."
Many a time I went into the San Juans to meet up with the gold traders.
The Mideasterners are usually very astute gold traders and don't plunge into a soft market.