He seemed to be specially constructed to live in narrow, hampered places.

He was above six feet; but, being of slight build, he moved with a certain languidness which saved him from that unwieldiness usually associated with large men in a drawing-room.
Such was Jack Meredith, one of the best known figures in London society.
He had hitherto succeeded in moving through the mazes of that coterie, as he now moved through this room, without jarring against any one..