You shall zee zat ze honor of ze firm shall be your protection." As he proceeded to arrange the little equivalents with the picture of the big spread eagle at the top and the coffer dam at the bottom, the little woman fixed her gaze on the counting-room furniture, which seemed to attract her attention to an uncommon degree.
Elaborately-finished and highly-polished mahogany desks were arranged around the room, the floor was covered with a soft carpet, and there were carved oak chairs, upholstered in green plush.

The walls were hung with engravings and paintings representing favorite ships and steamboats, and a huge safe stood wide open, displaying shelves and drawers filed with books and papers.

It was, indeed, a part of the firm's philosophy that what you lacked in substance you must make up in show.
There, too, was a door leading into Topman's private office, furnished with exquisite good taste.

Topman was the great financial monument of the firm.

Gusher did the elegant and ornamental.
George Peabody, the great philanthropist, made his fortune and his fame in a little dark, dingy office in Warnford Court, London.