In uttering these words I looked up: he seemed to me a tall gentleman; but then I was very little; his features were large, and they and all the lines of his frame were equally harsh and prim.
En prononçant ces paroles, je le regardais: il me sembla grand, mais je me souviens qu'alors j'étais très petite; ces traits me parurent grossièrement accentués, et je leur trouvais, ainsi qu'à toutes les autres lignes de sa personne, une expression dure et hypocrite. «Eh bien!