En tales ocasiones no dejaba de percibir en sus ojos cierta expresión perdida y como ausente que, a no ser por la templanza y limpieza de su vida toda, me habría atrevido a imputar al efecto de algún narcótico.
On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.