The gray and rather shiny hair which appeared below the cap showed that other causes than mental toil or grief had whitened it.

Large ears stood out from the head, their edges scarred with the eruptions of his over-abundant blood, which seemed ready to gush at the least exertion.

His skin was crimson under an outside layer of brown, due to the habit of standing in the sun.

The roving gray eyes, deep-sunken, and hidden by bushy black brows, were like those of the Kalmucks who entered France in 1815; if they ever sparkled it was only under the influence of a covetous thought.

His broad pug nose was flattened at the base.