The man was of lofty stature, clad in a long frock-coat, with a cudgel under his arm.

Dark complexion; hair, eyebrows, and whiskers, black; blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin; rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor in his button-hole; a hat with wide brim, and a cane.

The suit’s W-collar seems to have developed from turning down the stand-up collar of a frock coat, which in turn derived from army and naval wear.