Il était grand, il avait de beaux yeux fort intelligents, mais un visage abîmé par la petite vérole ; pour de l’esprit, il en avait, et beaucoup et du plus fin ; on lui accordait de posséder parfaitement la science du droit, mais c’était surtout par l’esprit de ressource qu’il brillait.
He was tall, he had fine eyes that shewed great intelligence, but a face ruined by smallpox; as for brains, he had them in plenty, and of the finest quality; it was admitted that he had an exhaustive knowledge of the law, but it was in the quality of resource that he specially shone.