the man 's face was ridged down one side with the livid scars of a bad burn , and the twisted eyelid on that side exposed the milky lens of a blind eye , had i needed any further confirmation that here stood the one-eyed seaman young ian had thought he 'd killed , lank brown hair grew back from a balding brow to a scrawny pigtail that drooped over one shoulder , exposing a pair of large , transparent ears .