His harsh features were set in a stern upward frown, and the lower lip was slightly caught between the teeth, as though bitten in the final rending of the spirit.

But Barrant had seen too much of violent death to be repelled by any death mask, however repellent.
He eyed the corpse closely, and then proceeded to examine the death wound.
In doing so he had to move the body, and a portion of the sleeve fell back, exposing the left arm to the elbow.

Barrant was about to replace it when his eye lighted upon a livid mark on the arm.

He rolled back the garment until the arm lay bare to the shoulder.

The disclosure revealed four faint livid marks running parallel across the arm, just above the elbow.
The arms had been straightened to the body to the elbows, and then crossed decorously on the breast.