What is "barat"

Usage examples of "barat".

Lysara, Resor, Cens, Barat, Hoede, the pale blonde Ytrude, and Secca, the youngest redhead, sitting on a stool in the corner, her eyes darting to Anna, and then away.

Hennessys continued on to the Continental Hotel to meet with Monsieur Jules Barat, the pearl buyer.

After exchanging introductions and greetings, Monsieur Barat carefully closed the door behind them.

Monsieur Barat went through what was obviously his personal ritualthe adjusting of the metal expanding bands that held up his shirt sleeves, the flexing of fingers, the wiping of his glasses, which he put to one side, the screwing into place of the eyeglass.

Tyndall sometimes accompanied Olivia during the pearl sale negotiations with Monsieur Barat, but sat back and let her handle the delicate interplay and exchanges before agreeing on a price.

Monsieur Barat was speechless, an involuntary short gasp the only sound in the room.

Monsieur Barat did not take his eyes off the pearls but nodded in agreement.

She checked the accounts now kept by a relative of Toby Metta employed by Tyndall, and dealt with Monsieur Barat directly in Perth.

She looked away, stared out at the sea, the distant islands of the Kepulauan Barat Daya.

Barat, Cens, Hoede, Jimbob, then Cataryzna, a subdued and blotchy-faced Secca, Lysara, and Ytrude.

Originally, I'd planned to specialize in the ecopoiesis -- and to study much closer to home -- but in the end I'd had to accept the nearest thing on offer, geographically and intellectually: working with Barat, a Firmlander biologist whose real interest was native microfauna.