He was short of stature, had a round, fat face, eyes that bulged from his head like those of a toad, a corpulent body, and a walk about as graceful as the waddling of a duck.

His short legs and arms gave him a decidedly comical appearance.
He was egotistical, with flexible opinions and liable to be swayed in any course.

When he was at Flower De Hundred, living in the atmosphere of liberalists and republicans, he was one of the most outspoken of all.
He would strut for hours before any one who would listen to his senseless twaddle and would harangue and discourse on the rights of the people.
"Are you favorable to royalty ?" he asked Robert one day.

"Don't you believe in the rights of the common people ?" "I certainly do," Robert answered, for he was thoroughly democratic.
"So do I--ahem--so do I;" and then the angry little fellow shook his fist at an imaginary foe.

"Would you fight for such principles ?" "I would." "So would I--ahem, so would I," cried Mr.Peram.Giles had a very disagreeable habit of repeating his words.