Father Bonnemort respectfully took his pipe out of his mouth; but he was not the less a subject of uneasiness, so worn out by his forty years underground, with his stiff limbs, deformed body, and earthy face; and as a violent spasm of coughing took him he preferred to go and spit outside, with the idea that his black expectoration would make people uncomfortable.
Respectueusement, le pere Bonnemort avait retiré sa pipe de la bouche; mais il n'en restait pas moins un sujet d'inquiétude, si ravagé par ses quarante années de fond, les jambes raides, la carcasse démolie, la face terreuse; et, comme un violent acces de toux le prenait, il préféra sortir pour cracher dehors, dans l'idée que son crachat noir allait gener le monde.