Come, then, King Louis; some broth, and then to your duty." This was Napoleon at twenty,--a poverty-pinched, self-sacrificing, hard-working boy, a man before his time; knowing very little of fun and comfort, and very much of toil and trouble.
He was an ill-proportioned young man, not yet having outgrown the "spindling" appearance of his boyhood, but even then he possessed certain of the remarkable features familiar to every boy and girl who has studied the portraits of Napoleon the emperor.

His head was large and finely shaped, with a wide forehead, large mouth, and straight nose, a projecting chin, and large, steel-blue eyes, that were full of fire and power.

His face was sallow, his hair brown and stringy, his cheeks lean from not too much over-feeding.

His body and lees were thin and small, but his chest was broad, and his neck short and thick.

His step was firm and steady, with nothing of the "wobbly" gait we often see in people who are not well-proportioned.