All of this you must put to the credit side of his ledger.
There he stood, his great broad shoulders and bull-neck silhouetted against the window.

That broad expanse, a bit fleshy, below the base of the skull indicates brutality.

Never before, to my eyes, had the sign asserted itself with so much aggression.

I had often wondered why, apart from the Vilboek Farm legend, I had always disliked and distrusted him.

Now I seemed to know.