The old man, wrapped in a large black doublet, in which the whole of his slender body was concealed, was brisk and dry. His little gray eyes shone like carbuncles, and appeared, with his grinning mouth, to be the only part of his face in which life survived.
Le vieillard, enveloppé dans un grand pourpoint noir où se perdait son corps fluet, était vert et sec; ses petits yeux gris brillaient comme des escarboucles, et semblaient, avec sa bouche grimaçante, la seule partie de son visage où la vie fût demeurée.