Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise they would be arrested off-hand.

The artistic thing is, to unmask honest countenances; it's no light task, I admit, but a real art." Mr.Fix evidently was not wanting in a tinge of self-conceit.
Little by little the scene on the quay became more animated; sailors of various nations, merchants, ship-brokers, porters, fellahs, bustled to and fro as if the steamer were immediately expected.

The weather was clear, and slightly chilly.

The minarets of the town loomed above the houses in the pale rays of the sun.

A jetty pier, some two thousand yards along, extended into the roadstead.