With this announcement he rose from his chair, and stood, leaning his arm on the marble mantelpiece: in that attitude his shape was seen plainly as well as his face; his unusual breadth of chest, disproportionate almost to his length of limb.
Nel dir questo si alzò appoggiandosi al parapetto del caminetto, ed io potei vedere distintamente il suo corpo, il suo volto e il suo torace, il cui sviluppo non era in proporzione con quello delle membra.