He was a man with thick short red hair, and an abundance of very red beard.

And his face was red,--and, as it seemed to Phineas, his very eyes.

There was something in the countenance of the man which struck him almost with dread,--something approaching to ferocity.
There was a pause a moment after the door was closed, and then Lady Laura spoke.

"It was my brother Chiltern.

I do not think that you have ever met him.".