The chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin.

The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor.
Hitherto I had noticed the backs of his hands as they lay on his knees in the firelight, and they had seemed rather white and fine.

But seeing them now close to me, I could not but notice that they were rather coarse, broad, with squat fingers.

Strange to say, there were hairs in the centre of the palm.

The nails were long and fine, and cut to a sharp point.