With this announcement he rose from his chair, and stood, leaning his arm on the marble mantelpiece: in that attitude his shape was seen plainly as well as his face; his unusual breadth of chest, disproportionate almost to his length of limb.
En disant ces mots, il se leva et appuya son bras sur le marbre de la cheminé, je pus voir distinctement son corps, sa figure et sa poitrine, dont le développement n'était pas en proportion avec la longueur de ses membres.