George was of middle height, with a red-brown, clean-shaved face and solid jaw.

His eyes were grey; he had firm lips, and darkish, carefully brushed hair, a little thin on the top, but with that peculiar gloss seen on the hair of some men about town.

His clothes were unostentatiously perfect.

Such men may be seen in Piccadilly at any hour of the day or night.

He had been intended for the Guards, but had failed to pass the necessary examination, through no fault of his own, owing to a constitutional inability to spell.