There are the climbers, who are easy prey.

Then the tailors and haberdashers are glad to furnish free wearing apparel in return for the custom which these men are able to recommend.

Caterers, decorators, florists do not balk at paying commissions on contracts.

The society papers pay liberally for society scandal.

And occasionally, as in every other station of life, there is to be found in the upper circles of society, an idle and discontented woman with more money than prudence.
Cooper had attached himself to one of these women; and, as their relations grew more intimate, he succeeded in attaching himself to some of her rings.