His action was calm and deliberate, like that habitual to men much given to serious thought upon grave subjects; and it well became his costume, which was an undergarment full-sleeved and reaching to the ankles, and an outer robe called the talith; on his left arm he carried the usual handkerchief for the head, the red fillet swinging loose down his side.

Except the fillet and a narrow border of blue at the lower edge of the talith, his attire was of linen yellowed with dust and road stains.

Possibly the exception should be extended to the tassels, which were blue and white, as prescribed by law for rabbis.

His sandals were of the simplest kind.

He was without scrip or girdle or staff.
These points of appearance, however, the three beholders observed briefly, and rather as accessories to the head and face of the man, which--especially the latter--were the real sources of the spell they caught in common with all who stood looking at him.
The head was open to the cloudless light, except as it was draped with hair long and slightly waved, and parted in the middle, and auburn in tint, with a tendency to reddish golden where most strongly touched by the sun.