However, he felt she must be older, with her boyish freedom, a simple audacity which confused him a little; she did not please him: he thought her too roguish with her pale Pierrot head, framed at the temples by the cap.
Pourtant, il la sentait plus vieille, d'une liberté de garçon, d'une effronterie naive, qui le genait un peu: elle ne lui plaisait pas, il trouvait trop gamine sa tete blafarde de Pierrot, serrée aux tempes par le béguin.