At the further end, very much at his ease amongst the aristocrats and exquisites who surrounded him, sat the Champion of England, his superb figure thrown back in his chair, a flush upon his handsome face, and a loose red handkerchief knotted carelessly round his throat in the picturesque fashion which was long known by his name.
Ils étaient assis autour d'une table sur laquelle fumait une soupière pleine de punch. À l'autre bout, installé très à son aise, parmi les aristocrates et les dandys qui l'entouraient, était assis le champion de l'Angleterre, le magnifique athlète, renversé sur sa chaise, un foulard rouge négligemment noué autour du cou, de la façon pittoresque à laquelle son nom fut longtemps attaché.