References in Popular Fiction
In the 1993 novel Closed Circle by Robert Goddard, the main character, Guy Horton, meets with Gregory. Gregory employs Horton to encourage wealthy businessmen to uses his services to obtain peerages. Goddard writes that Horton "felt an immediate loathing for everything about him - the egg-shell charm, the wafts of cologne, the dandyish dress, the monocle, the rings, the voice; and especially the hungry fish-like eyes."
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