His features were always composed and dignified; his hair, thin and straight, was never out of order, but ever smooth and sleek upon his high, narrow brow.

His eyes had that dulness which is characteristic of many Frenchmen, and may perhaps be attributed to the habitual enjoyment of too rich a cuisine and too many cigarettes.
De Chauxville waved aside the small contretemps with easy nonchalance.
"Not necessarily," he said, in cold, even tones.

"Mrs.Sydney Bamborough does not habitually take into her confidence all who happen to dine at the same table as herself.

Your confidential woman is usually a liar." Steinmetz was filling his pipe; this man had the evil habit of smoking a wooden pipe after a cigar.
"My very dear De Chauxville," he said, without lookup, "your epigrams are lost on me.

I know most of them.