But for cheek-bones that were too prominent and nostrils rather too large, he was not ill-featured.

No particular force of character declared itself in his countenance, and his mode of speech did not suggest a very active brain.

Speculating again about his age, Monica concluded that he must be two or three and forty, in spite of the fact that his grizzled beard argued for a higher figure.

He had brown hair untouched by any sign of advanced life, his teeth were white and regular, and something--she could not make clear to her mind exactly what--convinced her that he had a right to judge himself comparatively young.
'I supposed you were not a Londoner,' he said, when she came to a pause.
'How ?' 'Your speech.

Not,' he added quickly, 'that you have any provincial accent.