He had never given in to the modern fashion of wearing either beard or moustache.

And the contours of his face were too good and even noble to have gained anything by being so hidden.

The large, strong, rather square jaw and chin, and smooth placid cheeks were strongly expressive of quiet decision and dignified force of will.

The mouth, almost always the tell-tale feature of the face, seemed in his case rather calculated to puzzle any one who would have speculated on the meanings shadowed forth by the lines of it.

It was certainly, with its large rows of unexceptionably brilliant teeth, a very handsome mouth.