And as he spoke, my uncle, half undressed, in rags, a perfect scarecrow, with his leathern belt around him, settling his spectacles upon his nose and looking learned and imposing, was himself again, the terrible German professor of mineralogy.
Zoo sprekende, werd mijn oom, half naakt, met de lederen beurs om de lendenen en den bril op den neus, weder de verschrikkelijke professor in de delfstofkunde.