Standing before the chimney was a man of middle height, of a haughty, proud mien; with piercing eyes, a large brow, and a thin face, which was made still longer by a ROYAL (or IMPERIAL, as it is now called), surmounted by a pair of mustaches.
De pie ante la chimenea estaba un hombre de mediana talla, de aspecto altivo y orgulloso, de ojos penetrantes, de frente amplia, de rostro enteco que alargaba más incluso una perilla coronada por un par de mostachos.