The pretensions of the great firm of Topman and Gusher were not to be confined by any such examples of economy.
A very clerical-looking man, with a round, smooth face, a somewhat portly figure, a high forehead, and a very bald, bright head, fringed with grey hair, and nicely trimmed grey side whiskers, stood at a desk, turning and re-turning the leaves of a big ledger.

He was dressed in a neat black suit, and wore a white neckerchief.

There was ledger No.

1, and ledger No.

2, and ledger No.