His audacity and coolness, however, render it impossible to disconcert him; and being possessed of immense personal strength, hidden under a most meagre appearance, he has never hesitated to confront the most daring of malefactors.
But his specialty, his triumph, his glory, is a memory of faces, so prodigious as to exceed belief.

Let him see a face for five minutes, and it is enough.

Its possessor is catalogued, and will be recognised at any time.

The impossibilities of place, the unlikelihood of circumstances, the most incredible disguises will not lead him astray.

The reason for this, so he pretends, is because he only looks at a man's eyes, without noticing any other features.
This faculty was severely tested some months back at Poissy, by the following experiment.