I would not go so far as to say that he had no Havanas in the house; the likelihood is that he had a few in his cigar-case, kept there for show rather than use.

These, if I understand the man, would be a good brand, but of small size--perhaps Reinas--and they would hardly be of a well-known crop.

In color they would be dark--say maduro--and he would explain that he bought them because he liked full-flavored weeds.
Possibly he had a Villar y Villar box with six or eight in the bottom of it; but boxes are not cigars.

What he did provide his friends with was Manillas.

He smoked them himself, and how careful he was of them is seen on every other page.