Biffton--and the room began filling up. Most of the
members were young fellows but a few years out of college, men who
renewed their Society and club life within its walls; some were
from out of town--students in the various professions. Here and
there was a man of forty--one even of fifty-five--who preferred
the gayer and fresher life of the younger generation to the more
solemn conclaves of the more exclusive clubs further up and
further down town. As is usual in such combinations, the units
forming the whole sought out their own congenial units and were
thereafter amalgamated into groups, a classification to be found
in all clubs the world over. While Biffy and his chums could
always be found together, there were other less-fortunate young
fellows, not only without coupon shears, but sometimes without the
means of paying their dues--who formed a little coterie of their
own, and who valued and used the club for what it brought them,
their election carrying with it a certain social recognition: it
also widened one's circle of acquaintances and, perhaps, of
clients.
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