Ayrlyn walked across the rocky ground to where Hryessa looked down at a handsome brown-bearded man.

The brown-bearded man forced a smile, then tried to hold back a cough.

Maybe it was another brown-bearded man in a white Porsche.

Gorlaes, the Chancellor, was a big, broad-shouldered, brown-bearded man of middle years.

A back-heel kick of the brown-bearded man caught him full in the throat and tumbled him flat again.

The impact sent both men reeling, but it saved The Shadow's body from the rip of the brown-bearded man's bullet.

A brown-bearded man who obviously knew Rix came trotting up to him.

In the centre of the group walked a handsome, brown-bearded man.

The peddler turned to a brown-bearded man in faded blue trousers and a sheepskin jacket.

Standing a few paces away, watching her from between two oaks, was a brown-bearded man who at first glance appeared to be about thirty years of age.