It was in Chinese characters that the old tea merchant recognized.

They could settle the tea merchant, as a side issue.

The tea merchant had shown a spell of nerve; but he was shaky again.

He spoke whispered words that brought a grateful response from the tea merchant.

He worked as a tea merchant in London from 1880.

Evidently the dead shoe salesman was not known to the Chinese tea merchant.

The old tea merchant paid no more attention to him than if he had been a part of the furnishings of the room.

A successful businessman he was a tea merchant and a commercial traveller.

I can't stand the fellow; still, as a tea merchant I had to do business with him.

There are no tea merchants or great travellers among his ancestors.