He was the taller of the two, and his blows swung about aiming at the face, with furious cutting movements of both arms one after the other, as though he were handling a couple of sabres.
Il était le plus grand, dégingandé, visant a la figure, par de furieux coups de taille, des deux bras, l'un apres l'autre, comme s'il eut manoeuvré une paire de sabres.