Her sight fastened on the old man, now almost opposite the hotel.

He was of a broad, powerful frame that had certainly once possessed great strength.

Even now he was strong; he stooped a little, but he held his head erect, and the well-formed, prominent features of his weather-beaten face showed forth a tremendous force of some sort; even at that distance the brightness of his eyes was visible under bushy brows, grey as his hair.

His clothes were of the most ordinary sort, old and faded.

His cap was of the commonest fur; he grasped it now in his hand, going bareheaded.