That chin was built on good fighting lines, though somewhat over-delicate in substance and the mouth quite colourless, but oddly enough the upper lip had that habitual appearance of stiff compression which is characteristic of highly strung temperaments; it is a noticeable feature of nearly every great actor, for instance.

The nose was straight and very thin and in a strong sidelight a tracery of the red blood showed through at the nostrils.

The eyes were deeply buried and the lower lids bruised with purple--weak eyes that blinked at a change of light or a sudden thought--distant eyes which missed the design of wall paper and saw the trees growing on the mountains.

The forehead was Byrne's most noticeable feature, pyramidal, swelling largely towards the top and divided in the centre into two distinct lobes by a single marked furrow which gave his expression a hint of the wistful.

Looking at that forehead one was strangely conscious of the brain beneath.