Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.

Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.

Finally we crossed over the Choshui River. I guessed that the truck had been following was headed for Kaohsiung, a huge seaport at the southern end of the island, but I turned off and went into a small place called Huwei. That was part of the plan. Laurie never went there. The big car would be noticed, but nobody actually knew who it belonged to. I took a break, bought some things. Then I crossed back under the freeway, zigzagged along minor roads, and came into Kukeng from the south.

That looks like a reaggravation on his leg; he injured it two weeks ago as well.