he wore a green cap

'Suddenly, a man was discovered clambering up the rigging with the agility of a wildcat. This man was clad in red'it was a convict; he wore a green cap'it was a convict for life. As he reached the round top, a gust of wind blew off his cap and revealed a head entirely white: it was not a young man.'

'Victor Hugo, Les Mis'rables, 1862. This man was Jean Valjean! Translated from the French by Charles E. Wilbour, 1961.