He was short, delicate, and in manner languid. With his fair hair devoid of lustre, his sparse beard, his face covered with red blotches, he resembled a sickly, spoilt child arrived at manhood.
Il était petit, chétif, d'allure languissante; les cheveux d'un blond fade, la barbe rare, le visage couvert de taches de rousseur, il ressemblait à un enfant malade et gâté.