As far as I could judge, the figure was that of a tall, thin man. He stood with his legs a little separated, his arms folded, his head bowed, as if he were brooding over that enormous wilderness of peat and granite which lay before him.
Pour autant que j’en pouvais juger à cette distance, l’homme était grand, mince, se tenait jambes écartées, bras croisés, tête baissée comme s’il méditait sur cet immense désert de tourbe et de granit qui s’étendait derrière lui.