He was surprising enough to have belonged to another race.

He looked at me, not as if he cared whether I gave him his due or no, but as if he were astonished at my want of perception of the fact.

He let his towzled head fall back upon the plush cushions.

"You might kick him from here to Greenland for me," he said; "I wouldn't weep.

It suits me to hold him up, and a kicking might restore his equilibrium.