I am sure most people would have thought him an ugly man; yet there was so much unconscious pride in his port; so much ease in his demeanour; such a look of complete indifference to his own external appearance; so haughty a reliance on the power of other qualities, intrinsic or adventitious, to atone for the lack of mere personal attractiveness, that, in looking at him, one inevitably shared the indifference, and, even in a blind, imperfect sense, put faith in the confidence.
Estoy segura de que la gente le hubiera juzgado un hombre muy desagradable; pero, sin embargo, había tan espontánea altivez en su porte, tanta naturalidad en sus modales, tan sincera indiferencia hacia la fealdad de su exterior, tan firme creencia en la importancia de otras facultades suyas -intrínsecas o no, pero al margen del mero atractivo personal-, que, al mirarle, la indiferencia desaparecía y se sentía uno inclinado a confiar en él.