John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old; four years older than I, for I was but ten: large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin; thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities.
Era alto e forte per la sua età, ma aveva una carnagione scura e malsana. I lineamenti del volto grossolani, le membra pesanti e le estremità molto sviluppate.