With open arms and accompanying his periods with a swaying of his shoulders, he had an eloquence which recalled the pulpit, a religious fashion of sinking the ends of his sentences whose monotonous roll at last carried conviction.
Les bras ouverts, accompagnant les périodes d'un balancement d'épaules, il avait une éloquence qui tenait du prône, une façon religieuse de laisser tomber la fin des phrases, dont le ronflement monotone finissait par convaincre.