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Littimer put up his glass and gazed with apparent vacancy in the direction of the window. He saw a tall man with a grey beard and hair; a man most immaculately dressed and of distinctly distinguished appearance. Littimer was fain to admit that he would have taken him for a gentleman under any circumstances. In manner, style, and speech he left nothing to be desired.
"That chap has a fortune in his face and accent," Littimer said. "Pon my word, he is a chance acquaintance that one would ask to dinner without the slightest hesitation. And the girl -- "