“Mr. Wonka was standing all alone just inside the open gates of the factory.

And what an exraordinary little man he was!

He had a black top hat on his head.

He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-colored velvet.

His trousers were bottle green.

His gloves were pearly gray.

And in one hand he carried a fine gold-topped walking cane.

Covering his chin, there was a small neat pointed black bearda goatee. And his eyeshis eyes were most marvelously bright. They seemed to be sparkling and twinkling at you all the time.”

—Roald Dahl, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1964.