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He was pale and intellectual looking , with clear , penetrating eyes , and a firm , determined mouth . But his voice was , I think , his greatest attraction for me , for I am one of the few who take as much pleasure in an agreeable voice , as in gazing at a beautiful face . `` The other , Geoffrey Westbourne -- how shall I describe him ? Tall and commanding in figure , with glossy purple-black hair , and the midnight eyes that matched it , he was eminently handsome , and , as everybody agreed , a splendid conversationalist . Notwithstanding his acknowledged superiority to all others , and the fact that he was petted and caressed by every one , I felt an instinctive repugnance to him , that for a long time I tried in vain to overcome . Perhaps it was because I had heard him so highly spoken of , that I was ready to find fault . However that maybe , I felt a secret antipathy to this man .