His face was of a strong, even, healthy red; he was
stout, but rather thick and massive than corpulent; his hands were of the
square type, with thick straight fingers and large nails, the great blue
veins showing strongly through the white skin. He was dressed in black, as
though in mourning, and his clothes fitted smoothly over his short heavy
figure.
Y was very tall and slight, and it was not easy to make a guess at his
age, for his hair was sandy and thick, and his military moustache
concealed the lines about his mouth. His forehead was high and broad, and
the extreme prominence between his brows made his profile look as though
the facial angles were reversed, as in certain busts of Greek
philosophers. His fingers were well shaped, but extremely long and thin.
He wore the high collar of the period, with a white tie fastened by a pin
consisting of a single large pearl, and it was evident that the remainder
of his dress was with him a subject of great attention. Y might be
anywhere from forty to fifty years of age.
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