Elle trouva un homme d’une taille élevée, mais un peu épaisse ; ses cheveux, ses moustaches, ses énormes favoris étaient d’un beau blond selon ses courtisans ; ailleurs ils eussent provoqué, par leur couleur effacée, le mot ignoble de “filasse”.
She found a man of tall stature but inclined to stoutness; his hair, his moustache, his enormous whiskers were of a fine gold, according to his courtiers; elsewhere they had provoked, by their faded tint, the ignoble word flaxen.