His red eyes, his pale complexion, his hair tangled between his feverish fingers, the red spots on his cheeks, revealed his desperate struggle with impossibilities, and the weariness of spirit, the mental wrestlings he must have undergone all through that unhappy night.
Ses yeux rouges, son teint blafard, ses cheveux entremêlés sous sa main fiévreuse, ses pommettes empourprées indiquaient assez sa lutte terrible avec l'impossible, et, dans quelles fatigues de l'esprit, dans quelle contention du cerveau, les heures durent s'écouler pour lui.