He could boast no adventitious capillary graces, whereas young Norman had a pair of black curling whiskers, which almost surrounded his face, and had been the delight and wonder of the maidservants in his mother's house, when he returned home for his first official holiday.
Tudor wore no whiskers, and his light-brown hair was usually cut so short as to give him something of the appearance of a clean Puritan.

But in manners he was no Puritan; nor yet in his mode of life.

He was fond of society, and at an early period of his age strove hard to shine in it.

He was ambitious; and lived with the steady aim of making the most of such advantages as fate and fortune had put in his way.

Tudor was perhaps not superior to Norman in point of intellect; but he was infinitely his superior in having early acquired a knowledge how best to use such intellect as he had.
His education had been very miscellaneous, and disturbed by many causes, but yet not ineffective or deficient.