A reference to the mullet launches him on a discourse on luxury.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
"Truly," agreed the youth, "but at an early age she came under the malign influence of a spectral vampire, and in order to deceive the creature she was adopted to the navigable portion of the river here, and being announced as having Passed Above was henceforth regarded as a red mullet."
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
In any case this person dislikes red mullet, replied the youth indifferently.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc