He examined the blade of the old sword with curiosity, and as though he were looking for a spot of rust, then replaced it in its scabbard, and with the utmost calm hung it up on the nail of gilded bronze from which he had taken it.
Il regarda la lame de la vieille épée curieusement et comme s’il y eût cherché quelque tache de rouille, puis il la remit dans le fourreau, et avec la plus grande tranquillité la replaça au clou de bronze doré qui la soutenait.