His voice was clear, distinct, and well modulated.

Every word was clean-cut and exactly suited to its place.

At times he would stoop over until his hands almost swept the floor.

Then he would straighten himself up, fold his arms across his breast, and take a few steps forward or back.

This movement completed, he would fling his arms above his head, or thrust them beneath his coat-tails, elevating or depressing his voice to suit the attitude assumed and the sentiment expressed.