And though he knew the poor devil, he pretended to see him for the first time, murmured something about "cornea," "opaque cornea," "sclerotic," "facies," then asked him in a paternal tone—
Et, bien qu’il connût ce pauvre diable, il feignit de le voir pour la première fois, murmura les mots de cornée, cornée opaque, sclérotique, faciès, puis lui demanda d’un ton paterne: