His face is beardless, of course, like almost everybody's around him, and of a German kind of seriousness.

A certain diffidence in his look may tend to render him unattractive to careless eyes, the more so since he has a slight appearance of self-neglect.

On a second glance, his refinement shows out more distinctly, and one also sees that he is not shabby.

The little that seems lacking is woman's care, the brush of attentive fingers here and there, the turning of a fold in the high-collared coat, and a mere touch on the neckerchief and shirt-frill.

He has a decidedly good forehead.