I never had seen a grave-robber, but I imagined one would be like Hilliard.

Bo Snecker was a sleek, slim, slender, hard-looking boy, marked dangerous, because he was too young and too wild to have caution or fear.

Blome, the last of the bunch, showed the effects of a bad night.
"You girls remember how handsome he was, but he didn't look it now.

His face was swollen, dark, red, and as it had been bright, now it was dull.
Indeed, he looked sullen, shamed, sore.

He was sober now.