He was slightly made, below the middle height, but was well made in every limb, with small feet and hands, and small ears, and a well-turned neck.

He was very dark--dark as a man can be, and yet show no sign of colour in his blood.

No white man could be more dark and swarthy than Anton Trendellsohn.

His eyes, however, which were quite black, were very bright.

His jet-black hair, as it clustered round his ears, had in it something of a curl.