A big youth, so disproportionately built as to appear almost deformed, till you noticed that his shoulders were unusually broad and his feet and hands unusually large.

Whether from indolence or infirmity it was hard to say, his gait was shambling and awkward, and the strength that lurked in his big limbs and chest seemed to unsteady him as he floundered top- heavily across the play-ground.

But his face was the most remarkable part about him.

The forehead, which overhung his small, keen eyes, was large and wrinkled.

His nose was flat, and his thick, restless lips seemed to be engaged in an endless struggle to compel a steadiness they never attained.