He had that dull-looking, boiled eye which is often to be seen in the heads of people who have applied themselves during many years to a weary and laborious course of study; and which would have been sufficient, without the additional eyeglass which dangled from a broad black riband round his neck, to warn a stranger that he was very near-sighted.
Bágyadt, fénytelen szeme volt, amilyent gyakran látni olyan embereknél, akik hosszú éveken keresztül nehéz, idegőrlő, tudományos munkának szentelték magukat, s amely rögtön elárulja az idegennek, hogy az illető nagyon rövidlátó, még ha nincs is ott ráadásul a szemüvege, mely széles, fekete zsinóron lógott a nyakában.