"he gazed at a tall, thin man, with a beaky nose and black moustache and pointed beard"
"he gazed at a tall, thin man, with a beaky nose and black moustache and pointed beard"
"That he be all in black, except that he have a hat of straw which suit not him or the time."
An English straw hat as a poor attempt at assimilation is not very imposing or befitting nobility dear count. It might have been a straw top hat.
"That he be all in black, except that he have a hat of straw which suit not him or the time."
An English straw hat as a poor attempt at assimilation is not very imposing or befitting nobility dear count. It might have been a straw top hat.