He was a fair-haired, handsome fellow, with sharp, eager eyes, with an aquiline nose, and just that shape of mouth and chin which such men as Abel Wharton regarded as characteristic of good blood.

He was rather thin, about five feet ten in height, and had the character of being one of the best horsemen in the county.

He was one of the most popular men in Herefordshire, and at Longbarns was almost as much thought of as the squire himself.

He certainly was not the man to be taken, from his appearance, for a forlorn lover.

He looked like one of those happy sons of the gods who are born to success.