Yes, definitely, Fabienne, his hair was the colour of ash and the bakelite ashtray on his desk was brimming with cigarette ashes. Brilliant!!
wow, that went over my head. I'm curious, how do "ashes" connect Aguirre, the Jack/Ennis "wedding" scene and the story. There is a line in the ss about his hair being the color of cigarette ashes, but I suspect that you are making a deeper point here.