Pendant qu’il parlait, ses yeux étincelaient ; lorsqu’il eut fini, mettant la main sur son cour, il s’inclina profondément, comme pour remercier une foule imaginaire de ses applaudissements.
His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination.