Sublime

Introduced to a party of people who ignore their own chauffeur, he protests: “I have not met this gentleman

The courtiers and courtesans of this empire wallowed in an almost Carthaginian luxury. Favored secretaries, for example, had not only bigger cars than city commissioners (as well as round-the-clock chauffeurs so that they could be on call twenty-four hours a day) but also higher salaries. As for the men closest to the throne, the cadre of

And while Moses had maintained that he had harried the club out of existence so mercilessly because its existence conflicted with the public interest, those close to the affair knew differently, knew that his actions were, as the club secretary had said, “sheer spite work.” Recalls Assistant Corporation Counsel Chanler, who handled the case for

Throughout the civilized world, from Battery Park to Fulton Street, he was known as a dependable man for a fast tax write-off.