The Zeppelin's Passenger

Captain Griffiths shook his head. He was a man considerably older than his questioner with long nervous face and thick black hair streaked with grey. His fingers were bony his complexion for a soldier curiously sallow and notwithstanding his height which was considerable he was awkward at times almost uncouth. His voice was hard and unsympathetic and his contributions to the tea-table talk had been almost negligible. (Excerpt)