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Chapter 2

           Highfeatures,naturallystrongandpowerfullyexpressive,hadbeenburntalmostintoNegroblacknessbyconstantexposuretothetropicalsun,andmight,intheirordinarystate,besaidtoslumberafterthestormofpassionhadpassedaway;buttheprojectionoftheveinsoftheforehead,thereadinesswithwhichtheupperlipanditsthickblackmoustachesquiveredupontheslightestemotion,plainlyintimatedthatthetempestmightbeagainandeasilyawakened.Hiskeen,piercing,darkeyes,toldineveryglanceahistoryofdifficultiessubdued,anddangersdared,andseemedtochallengeoppositiontohiswishes,forthepleasureofsweepingitfromhisroadbyadeterminedexertionofcourageandofwill;adeepscaronhisbrowgaveadditionalsternnesstohiscountenance,andasinisterexpressiontooneofhiseyes,whichhadbeenslightlyinjuredonthesameoccasion,andofwhichthevision,thoughperfect,wasinaslightandpartialdegreedistorted.

           Theupperdressofthispersonageresembledthatofhiscompanioninshape,beingalongmonasticmantle;butthecolour,beingscarlet,showedthathedidnotbelongtoanyofthefourregularordersofmonks.Ontherightshoulderofthemantletherewascut,inwhitecloth,acrossofapeculiarform.Thisupperrobeconcealedwhatatfirstviewseemedratherinconsistentwithitsform,ashirt,namely,oflinkedmail,withsleevesandglovesofthesame,curiouslyplaitedandinterwoven,asflexibletothebodyasthosewhicharenowwroughtinthestocking-loom,outoflessobduratematerials.

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