“Eminent Hastings looked close to a hundred years old – though it was said he was much older – with a long silver beard and equally long hair brushed to perfection below the hat he wore. He was a short man, and his face held wrinkles upon wrinkles, a tableau etched onto a busy wood grain.”

“Eminent Hastings looked close to a hundred years old – though it was said he was much older – with a long silver beard and equally long hair brushed to perfection below the hat he wore. He was a short man, and his face held wrinkles upon wrinkles, a tableau etched onto a busy wood grain.”

— Peter Hackshaw