Imagine, in fact, at the provost's table, leaning upon his elbows between two bundles of documents of cases, with his foot on the train of his robe of plain brown cloth, his face buried in his hood of white lamb's skin, of which his brows seemed to be of a piece, red, crabbed, winking, bearing majestically the load of fat on his cheeks which met under his chin, Master Florian Barbedienne, auditor of the Châtelet.
En effet, figurez-vous à la table prévôtale, entre deux liasses de procès, accroupi sur ses coudes, le pied sur la queue de sa robe de drap brun plain, la face dans sa fourrure d’agneau blanc, dont ses sourcils semblaient détachés, rouge, revêche, clignant de l’œil, portant avec majesté la graisse de ses joues, lesquelles se rejoignaient sous son menton, maître Florian Barbedienne, auditeur au Châtelet.