Scoundrel of the Week ~ Poundinch ~ Courtesy of David Cornish.
“The hefty shadow came closer and clarified itself as an unsavoury-looking fellow, tall and thickly built, with broad, round shoulders and matted eyebrows knotting over a darting, conspiratorial squint. His clothes were shabby, though they looked as if they had been of good quality. His dark blue frock coat, probably proofed, with overly wide sleeves, was edged with even darker blue silk and lined with buff. This garment came down to his knees and covered everything but a pair of hard- worn shin-collar boots.
The man emitted a powerfully foul odour, and altogether a distinctly uneasy feeling.”
~ Monster Blood Tattoo (A Foundling’s Tale)
