It was not that he was villainous-looking, but rather that he looked capable of villainy.

He was a tall, slender, rather stooping man, with a decidedly well-molded, if hawk-like, face.

His aspect might be described as saturnine.

Possibly, when he smiled, this morose expression would vanish, and then he might even win a favorable opinion.

He had brilliant black eyes, close set, and an abundant crop of black hair, turning gray, which, in itself, lent an air of distinction.