Young man of good family and connections, going everywhere, yet not merely a man about town, but with a foot in the two big F's.
Renouard lounging aimlessly in the room turned round: "And what the devil's that ?" he asked faintly.
"Why Fashion and Finance," explained the Editor.

"That's how I call it.
There are the three R's at the bottom of the social edifice and the two F's on the top.

See ?" "Ha! Ha! Excellent! Ha! Ha!" Renouard laughed with stony eyes.
"And you proceed from one set to the other in this democratic age," the Editor went on with unperturbed complacency.

"That is if you are clever enough.

The only danger is in being too clever.