He showed also a marked courtesy to Mrs.Colwood, and the little widow, susceptible to every breath of kindness, formed the prompt opinion that he was both handsome and agreeable.
Oliver Marsham, indeed, was not a person to be overlooked.

His height was about six foot three; and his long slender limbs and spare frame had earned him, as a lad, among the men of his father's works, the description of "two yards o' pump-waater, straight oop an' down." But in his thin lengthiness there was nothing awkward--rather a graceful readiness and vigor.

And the head which surmounted this lightly built body gave to the whole personality the force and weight it might otherwise have missed.

The hair was very thick and very fair, though already slightly grizzled.

It lay in heavy curly masses across a broad head, defining a strong brow above deeply set small eyes of a pale conspicuous blue.