“As cruel a man as ever you seen.”
“That is not exactly what I am asking. I want to hear what he was like.”
“He was like the greatest villain—”
“I mean, was he short or tall; was he a big man and a strong man, or was he a little fellow like you or me?”
“Devil a bit like either of us. He 'd bate us both with one hand,—ay, and that fellow there with the wig that's laughing at us, into the bargain.”
“So, then, he was large and powerful?”
“Yes, that he was.”
“Had he anything remarkable about his appearance,——anything that might easily distinguish him from other men?”
“Tis, maybe, his eyes you mane?”
“What about his eyes, then?”