He was a tall, wiry, strong man, with a bald head and bristly red beard, which, however, was cut off from his upper and under lip. This was unfortunate, as had he hidden his mouth he would not have been in so marked a degree an ugly man. His upper lip was very long, and his mouth was mean. 
He was a tall, wiry, strong man, with a bald head and bristly red beard, which unfortunately did not hide his thin mouth.
