The man with the waistcoats and the fatherly air (he was a Bishop, perhaps), smiled often, and then his eyes, between their tremulous lids, assumed a strange brilliance and an expression less undecided than was his wont.
L’homme aux gilets et à l’air paterne (c’était un évêque peut-être) souriait souvent, et alors ses yeux, entourés de paupières flottantes, prenaient un brillant singulier et une expression moins indécise que de coutume.