they were a curiously mismatched pair , for elliott smythe was a slender , towering , athletic-looking man with long limbs and a great mane of dense white hair , who seemed as though he would be more at home on a tennis court or in a polo match than in a corporate office , while merwin mansky was short and stocky and had no hair at all , and gave the appearance of someone who would leave his desk only under great duress .