A young man just out of Oxford, in love with Isabel Lownd.

"He had a snub nose; and a man so visaged can hardly be goodlooking.... But he was a well-made young fellow, having a look of power about him, with dark-brown hair, cut very short, close-shorn, with clear but rather small blue eyes, and an expression of countenance which allowed no one for a moment to think that he was weak in character, or a fool" . - Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage.