Besides Guida and Ranulph, Jean and Jean's wife, there was a young English clergyman of the parish of St.Michael's, who had come from England to fill the place of the rector for a few months.

Word had been brought to him that a man was dying on the Ecrehos.

He had heard that the boat was going, he had found Jean Touzel, and here he was with a biscuit in his hand and a black-jack of French wine within easy reach.

Not always in secret the Reverend Lorenzo Dow loved the good things of this world.
The most notable characteristic of the young clergyman's appearance was his outer guilelessness and the oddness of his face.

His head was rather big for his body; he had a large mouth which laughed easily, a noble forehead, and big, short-sighted eyes.