As far as I could see, he was a dumpy square-shouldered kind of man, and he held his double glasses to his eyes with his elbows spread very wide out on each side.
Autant que je pus en juger à cette distante, c'était un homme trapu, aux épaules carrées. Il tenait appliquée à ses yeux sa lorgnette, en écartant fortement les coudes de chaque côté.