His head was manly and handsome, his nose aquiline, his eyes large, dark, and piercingly bright, and shaded by strongly-marked eyebrows.

His air was grave and thoughtful, and in strong contrast to that of the merry and buoyant Pisani.

His temper was more equable, but his character was as impulsive as that of the admiral.

He was now forty-five years of age--ten years the junior of Pisani.

Zeno was intended for the church, and was presented by the pope with the reversion of a rich prebendal stall at Patras.