'The man himself was tall, dark-haired, and exceedingly
handsome, and though his face was no less kindly in
expression than that of the others, he moved with that
somewhat haughty mien which great beauty is apt to give to both
men and women. He nevertheless came and sat down at our table
with a smiling face, stretching out his long legs and hanging
his arm over the chair in the slowly graceful way which tall
and well-built people may use without affectation. He was a man
in the prime of life, but looked as happy as a child who has
just got a new toy. He bowed gracefully to me and said: 'I see
clearly that you are the guest, of whom Annie has just told me,
who has come from some distant country that does not know of
us, or our ways of life. So I daresay you would not mind
answering me a few questions...'
(p.17.02)