They were all men of mature age and of a severe and impressive cast of features, which was rendered still more imposing by the long beards they wore.
The personality of one individual among them, however, impressed us at once.

He seemed to stand out among his fellows and refuse to be overlooked.

He was very old -- eighty at least -- and extremely tall, with a long snow-white beard that hung nearly to his waist.

His features were aquiline and deeply cut, and his eyes were grey and cold-looking.

The heads of the others were bare, but this man wore a round cap entirely covered with gold embroidery, from which we judged that he was a person of great importance; and indeed we afterwards discovered that he was Agon, the High Priest of the country.