Although the young man was brave, as we know, he was terrified at that wild countenance, those terribly dilated pupils, those pale cheeks, and those bleeding lips. He recoiled to the other side of the room as he would have done from a serpent which was crawling toward him, and his sword coming in contact with his nervous hand, he drew it almost unconsciously from the scabbard.
Quoique le jeune homme fût brave, on le sait, il fut épouvanté de cette figure bouleversée, de ces pupilles dilatées horriblement, de ces joues pâles et de ces lèvres sanglantes; il recula jusqu'à la ruelle, comme il eût fait à l'approche d'un serpent qui eût rampé vers lui, et son épée se rencontrant sous sa main souillée de sueur, il la tira du fourreau.