He was reserved and icily taciturn, and that did not blandly set his moderate years; with no friends and few acquaintances, he seemed to prefer his own society to that of whomsoever came about him.
Who was he?
What was he?
What were his relations with Mr.Gwynn?
Surely, Richard could be neither son nor nephew of that English gentleman.

Richard was too obviously the American of full blood; his high cheekbones, square jaw, and lean, curved nose told of two centuries of Western lineage.

Could it be that Richard was Mr.Gwynn's secretary?
This looked in no wise probable; he went about too much at lordly ease for that.

In the end, the notion obtained that Richard must be a needy dependent of Mr.Gwynn, and his perfect clothes and the thoroughbred horse he rode were pointed to as evidences of that gentleman's generosity.

Indeed, Mr.Gwynn was much profited in reputation thereby.
Richard, while not known, was not liked.