He had a square jaw and large red bushy eyebrows, which he lowered down with great effect when he delivered judgment.
He had another advantage for acquiring grave reputation.

He was a very unpleasant man.

He could be rude if you contradicted him; and as few persons wish to provoke rudeness, so he was seldom contradicted.
Mr.Chillingly Mivers, another cadet of the house, was also distinguished, but in a different way.

He was a bachelor, now about the age of thirty-five.

He was eminent for a supreme well-bred contempt for everybody and everything.