Mr Leach is at his best when profiling men such as Edwards, Scudder and others, including solitary, taciturn Herman Strecker and resentful, bilious Augustus Grote.
Later it would be different. Old and young, talkative and taciturn, rich planter and sallow Cracker, they all had two things in common, lice and dysentery.
He kept apart from his fellow–travellers, knowing Mr. Fogg's taciturn tastes;besides, he did not quite like to talk to the man whose favours he had accepted.
The recruitment officer liked this taciturn young man who seemed as strong as a bear, and he pressed him to consider a career as a professional soldier.
We've already watched, in the first episode, as Beth wanders downstairs to the basement to find a taciturn janitor with a haunted expression brooding over a chessboard, but rather than molest her, he teaches her to play.