His face was thin and brown and crafty, with a perpetual smile upon it, which showed an irregular line of yellow teeth, and his crinkled hands were half closed in a way that is distinctive of sailors.
Hann var rak í andlitinum, og tað var brúnt og skilagott og altíð við einum smíli, sum vístu nakrar skeivar, gular tenn, og hansara rukkutu hendur vóru knýttar sum eyðkennir ein sjómann.