As to my father, he had a fine gold watch with a double case; and a proud man was he as he sat with it in the palm of his hand, his ear stooping to hearken to the tick.
Pour mon père, il avait une belle montre en or à double boîtier, et il fallait voir de quel air fier il la tenait sur le creux de sa main, en se penchant pour en percevoir le tic-tac.