He smoked the most extraordinary cigarettes--made of some kind of manure, apparently.

These and his hair made him smell like the very nation.

He had a low-cut vest on, which exposed a deal of frayed and broken and unclean shirtfront.

Showy studs, of imitation gold--they had made black disks on the linen.

Oversized sleeve buttons of imitation gold, the copper base showing through.