His$almost$perfectly$ round$face,$a$face$like$a$Chinese$doll

his$almost$perfectly$ round$face,$a$face$like$a$Chinese$doll$chiseled$from$hardwood:$his$flat,$broad$nose$ and$slanting,$narrow$eyes$like$bamboo$leaves,$eyes$that$looked,$depending$on$ the$light,$gold,$green,$even$sapphire$I$can$still$see$his$tiny$lowEset$ears$and$that$ pointed$stub$of$a$chin,$a$meaty$appendage$that$looked$like$it$was$added$as$a$ mere$afterthought.$And$the$cleft$lip,$just$left$of$midline,$where$the$Chinese$doll$ maker's$instrument$may$have$slipped