They were a tribute to his commanding personal appearance.

Even the conductors recognized the manner of man with whom they had to deal, and shunned him.

He not only got the worth of his money in his ride, but the worth of the money of several other people.
Arriving at New York, he went directly to the Astor, then the leading hotel of the city.

The clerk not only knew the kind of man who stood before him recording his name, but he knew him; and while he assigned to his betters, men and women, rooms at the top of the house, Mr.Belcher secured, without difficulty, a parlor and bedroom on the second floor.
The arrogant snob was not only at a premium on the railway train, but at the hotel.

When he swaggered into the dining-room, the head waiter took his measure instinctively, and placed him as a figure-head at the top of the hall, where he easily won to himself the most careful and obsequious service, the choicest viands, and a large degree of quiet observation from the curious guests.