The guests ranged from hard-core Wall Street types like Carl himself al the way down to Brianna's hair colorist and two semi-employed Broadway actors. There ware bankers with their aging though nicely sculpted wives,moguls with their superbly starved trophies. There were Trudeau group executives who would rather have anywhere else, and struggling painters from the MuAb crowd who were thrilled at the rare chance to mingle with the jet set. There were a few models, no 388 on the Forbes 400 list, a running back who played for the Jets, a reporter from Times along with photographers to record it all, and a reported from the Journal who would report none of it but did not want to miss the party. A bout a hundred guests, all in all a very rich crowd, but no one at the party had ever seen a yacht like the Brianna.
What does he mean?
Top answer
Rich, important men with their slim, attractive girlfriends (caught with their money as bait).
— Mister Micawber
Rich, important men with their slim, attractive girlfriends (caught with their money as bait).
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