The finely-marked eyebrows served by their raven blackness to emphasize the whiteness of the forehead, which was crowned by an abundant mass of curling black hair.

His fresh complexion had still the bloom of early youth, and would hardly have betrayed his age, if it had not been shaded by a dark brown silky beard, which had never known a razor.

It was an entirely uncommon type, recalling in profile, Antinous, and the full face reminding one of the St.Sebastian of Guido Roni in the museum of the Capitol; a face of the noblest manhood, without a single coarse feature.

His manner, although quiet, gave the impression of keen enthusiasm, or, more rightly speaking, of unworldly inspiration.

All who saw him were powerfully attracted, but half-unconsciously felt a slight doubt whether even so fine a specimen of manhood was quite fitly organized and equipped for the strife of existence.