"I am vastly honoured, sir," said my father, looking suspiciously at his guest from under his shaggy eyebrows, for with that grave face and those twinkling eyes it was hard to know how to take him.
-- Je suis immensément touché de cet honneur, Monsieur, dit mon père en regardant d'un air méfiant par-dessous ses sourcils en broussaille, car devant cette physionomie grave et ces yeux pétillants de malice on ne savait trop a quoi s'en tenir.