To be classified as a gentleman at large (a badge of honor, in a manner of speaking), one’s income had to be not from salary or business profits but investments and property transactions. Again, one should be able to enjoy a leisurely lunch every day at the club, with other gentlemen at large, without the slightest guilt or time pressure. You spent your evenings in vicious male gossip and general character assassination, punctuated by inane conversations interspersed with bawdy jokes. Our hero satisfied all the above criteria admirably.
Equal to his love for visiting law firms, Jamshedji was delighted to be......