He cannot now see very distinctly: he cannot read or write much; but he can find his way without being led by the hand: the sky is no longer a blank to him--the earth no longer a void. When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were--large, brilliant, and black.
Il ne voit pas très bien: il ne peut ni lire ni écrire longtemps; mais il peut se conduire. La terre n'est plus un chaos pour lui; et quand son premier-né fut placé entre ses bras, il put voir que son fils avait hérité de ses yeux, de ses yeux d'autrefois, si grands, si brillants et si noirs.