He had a military carriage, however, and regulation side whiskers.

There we have the marine.

He was a man with some amount of self-importance and a certain air of command.
You must have observed the way in which he held his head and swung his cane.

A steady, respectable, middle-aged man, too, on the face of him--all facts which led me to believe that he had been a sergeant." "Wonderful!" I ejaculated.
"Commonplace," said Holmes, though I thought from his expression that he was pleased at my evident surprise and admiration.

"I said just now that there were no criminals.