He liked his clothes, his agnostic unreadableness, his social air.

McKibben, on his part, caught the significance of the superior financial atmosphere at once.
He noted Cowperwood's light-brown suit picked out with strands of red, his maroon tie, and small cameo cuff-links.

His desk, glass-covered, looked clean and official.

The woodwork of the rooms was all cherry, hand-rubbed and oiled, the pictures interesting steel-engravings of American life, appropriately framed.

The typewriter--at that time just introduced--was in evidence, and the stock-ticker--also new--was ticking volubly the prices current.