It was all done in a minute or two." "Now--the man," suggested the chief softly.
"A young man--about Lisette's age, I should say--twenty-seven to thirty anyway.Tallish.Dark hair, moustache, eyes, and complexion.
Good-looking--in a foreign way.

I had no doubt he was her brother--he looked French, though he spoke English quite well and without accent.
Very respectably dressed in dark clothes and overcoat.

He would have passed for a well-to-do clerk--that type.

I spoke to him--a few words.

He spoke well--had very polite, almost polished manners.