"A fairly young man, short, comfortably stout, smooth-shaven and with an intelligent face, he seemed a very nice man indeed."
"He showed in the pink of health; his unblemished, smooth-shaven skin shouted advertisement of his splendid physical condition."
"On his way back along the Broom Road, under the lighted lamps that marked the entrance to the palace grounds, Grief encountered a short, rotund gentleman, in unstarched ducks, smooth-shaven and of florid complexion, who was just emerging."