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“Thanks to him, the State 
and the people are today united by 
deep and natural bonds” 
Haitians are very, very proud of it.” 
They continue to talk in a desultory 
way - how the national football team 
has fared, the outcome of a local cock¬ 
fight, the lack of really first-rate tailors 
in Port-au-Prince. The hotel proprie¬ 
tor comes in to close the bar. He, too, 
is a mulatto of middle years. He washes 
up the glasses, putting them carefully 
away in the cabinet. He says nothing. 
The businessman in textiles talks 
fondly of his three-month tour of 
Europe the year before. He discusses 
the possibilities of living in Europe, 
Switzerland perhaps, for good. The 
coffee planter says he isn’t sure. So 
much is at stake. “Why do you remain 
in Haiti?” he asks the proprietor sud¬ 
denly. “You could make a fortune in 
Switzerland. A fortune.” 
The proprietor continues to put 
away the glasses. He has his back to the 
bar and doesn’t turn round. ‘1 wait,” 
he says finally, in a low, angry voice. 
“I have waited 11 years. I have only one 
country. I wait for it.” 
The businessmen fall silent. Below, 
the lights are extinguished along the 
network of roads running down to the 
town. Almost immediately, the lights 
in the hotel snap off -the usual nightly 
power failure. The blackout lasts an 
hour. The hotel proprietor ignites a 
hurricane lamp and asks the business¬ 
men to drink up. Conversations con¬ 
ducted late at night are looked on as 
suspicious. 
“What time should we check out in 
the morning?’ asks the man in the 
Gucci shoes. 
“There is no check-out time in 
Haiti,” says the coffee planter with 
a wan smile. He stares blankly into 
his drink. 
They fall silent. The proprietor 
smiles and closes the bar. ® 
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