What he suddenly saw on this blank paper, it was impossible for me to tell; but something had caught his eye. He took it up with a snatch; he looked at the edge; then shot a glance at me, inexpressibly peculiar, and quite incomprehensible: a glance that seemed to take and make note of every point in my shape, face, and dress; for it traversed all, quick, keen as lightning. His lips parted, as if to speak: but he checked the coming sentence, whatever it was.
Je ne sais ce qu'il aperçut tout à coup sur cette feuille; mais quelque chose attira ses yeux; il la prit brusquement, contempla le bord, me jeta un regard singulier et incompréhensible, un regard qui semblait vouloir m'examiner moi et ma toilette, car il le promena sur toute ma personne avec la rapidité de l'éclair; ses lèvres s'ouvriront comme s'il allait parler, mais il s'arrêta.