English 241.Pilgrim Characterization

Stephen is the author of the group.  He is not someone readily noticed when looking at the group as a whole, but once noticed, he stands out as someone not likely to be forgotten.  He is fairly short...at least, he's the shortest in our group of pilgrims.  He is pudgy, but not necessarily fat.  He is completely bald.  He is forever pushing back up on his nose his overly large wire-rimmed tri-focals.  His clothes are baggy and look as if he took them out of a dryer where they had stayed for at least a week after drying.  The three items on his person that show any level of care are his very expensive white tennis shoes, a tiny, sterling-silver flask with a dragon super-imposed around the outside, carried in a tacky leather pouch hanging from his dingy belt, and the square, leather satchel with his initials engraved in gold on the front that he carries over his shoulder.  And every time someone even speaks to him, he pulls one of his novels out of his satchel, autographs it, and graciously gives it to the speaker, with a huge humble grin,--saying, "That'll be $20, BTW."