It was a face that would have had more gravity but for the extreme subtlety that appeared in certain of its features, and would actually have suggested dishonesty, if the owner of that handsome face had ceased for a moment to control it.
Cette figure eût eu plus de gravité sans la finesse extrême qui apparaissait dans certains traits, et qui fût allée jusqu’à dénoter la fausseté, si le possesseur de ce beau visage eût cessé un instant de s’en occuper.