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In one of the luxurious pale blue and white sitting-rooms in the Hotel Ritz in Piccadilly, Peter Sundt, the millionaire of stock-fish, lounged lazily by the fire, smoking an expensive cigar.
His well-cut frock coat, smart fancy vest, carefully-trimmed moustache, and hair arranged with care, gave him a somewhat gentlemanly appearance, though his red and rather pimply face was coarse, his hands rough, and his manner betrayed his plebeian birth and the struggles of his fisher days.