I glanced at the speaker, and in a sense fell in love with him at once--as I have explained before, I am one of those to whom a first impression means a great deal.

He was not very tall, though strong-looking and well-made enough.

He was not very handsome, though none so ill-favoured.

He was just an ordinary fair young Englishman, four or five-and-twenty years of age, with merry blue eyes and one of the pleasantest expressions that I ever saw.

At once I felt that he was a sympathetic soul and full of the milk of human kindness.