Chapter 18

           COL.GRANGERFORDwasagentleman,yousee.Hewasagentlemanallover;andsowashisfamily.Hewaswellborn,asthesayingis,andthat’sworthasmuchinamanasitisinahorse,sotheWidowDouglassaid,andnobodyeverdeniedthatshewasofthefirstaristocracyinourtown;andpaphealwayssaidit,too,thoughhewarn’tnomorequalitythanamudcathimself.Col.Grangerfordwasverytallandveryslim,andhadadarkish-palycomplexion,notasignofredinitanywheres;hewascleanshavedeverymorningalloverhisthinface,andhehadthethinnestkindoflips,andthethinnestkindofnostrils,andahighnose,andheavyeyebrows,andtheblackestkindofeyes,sunksodeepbackthattheyseemedliketheywaslookingoutofcavernsatyou,asyoumaysay.Hisforeheadwashigh,andhishairwasblackandstraightandhungtohisshoulders.Hishandswaslongandthin,andeverydayofhislifeheputonacleanshirtandafullsuitfromheadtofootmadeoutoflinensowhiteithurtyoureyestolookatit;andonSundaysheworeabluetail-coatwithbrassbuttonsonit.Hecarriedamahoganycanewithasilverheadtoit.Therewarn’tnofrivolishnessabouthim,notabit,andhewarn’teverloud.Hewasaskindashecouldbeyoucouldfeelthat,youknow,andsoyouhadconfidence.Sometimeshesmiled,anditwasgoodtosee;butwhenhestraightenedhimselfuplikealiberty-pole,andthelightningbeguntoflickeroutfromunderhiseyebrows,youwantedtoclimbatreefirst,andfindoutwhatthematterwasafterwards.

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