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As a matter of fact , Bones never attempted to prove it . Mr. Harold de Vinne was a large man , who dwelt at the dead end of a massive cigar . He was big and broad-shouldered , and automatically jovial . Between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. he had earned the name of `` good fellow , '' which reputation he did his best to destroy between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. . He was one of four stout fellows who controlled companies of imposing stability -- the kind of companies that have such items in their balance sheets as `` Sundry Debtors , £ 107,402 12 _ s _ . 7 _ d _ . '' People feel , on reading such airy lines , that the company 's assets are of such magnitude that the sundry debtors are only included as a careless afterthought .