His distinctive physical traits are his tousled, unkempt hair, and black clothing. Agony is conveyed in his clenched fists, writhing legs, and tousled hair. Comedy has slightly tousled fair hair, resembling the bacchante drawn by Peter Paul Rubens. He is described to have dirty and tousled hair. She had tousled hair, similar to that of Linus. Finally, in 1898, a youth with tousled hair appears. Ginger is William's faithful friend and almost as tousled, reckless and grimy as William himself. The brindle colour may be less pronounced because of the tousled coat.