He was a magnificent atavism, a man so purely primitive that he was of the type that came into the world before the development of the moral nature.

He was not immoral, but merely unmoral.
As I have said, in the masculine sense his was a beautiful face.
Smooth-shaven, every line was distinct, and it was cut as clear and sharp as a cameo; while sea and sun had tanned the naturally fair skin to a dark bronze which bespoke struggle and battle and added both to his savagery and his beauty.

The lips were full, yet possessed of the firmness, almost harshness, which is characteristic of thin lips.

The set of his mouth, his chin, his jaw, was likewise firm or harsh, with all the fierceness and indomitableness of the male--the nose also.

It was the nose of a being born to conquer and command.