The floors were of brightly colored tiles, the walls a composition of rich, dark, polished wood, which gave the place a very sumptuous appearance.

The long bar was a blaze of lights, polished wood-work, coloured and cut glassware, and many fancy bottles.

It was a truly swell saloon, with rich screens, fancy wines, and a line of bar goods unsurpassed in the country.
At Rector's Drouet had met Mr.G.W.Hurstwood, manager of Fitzgerald and Moy's.

He had been pointed out as a very successful and well-known man about town.

Hurstwood looked the part, for, besides being slightly under forty, he had a good, stout constitution, an active manner, and solid, substantial air, which was composed in part of his fine clothes, his clean linen, his jewels, and, above all, his own sense of his importance.