With this announcement he rose from his chair, and stood, leaning his arm on the marble mantelpiece: in that attitude his shape was seen plainly as well as his face; his unusual breadth of chest, disproportionate almost to his length of limb.
En tal actitud, se le veía el cuerpo tan bien como la cara. Su pecho tenía un perímetro casi desproporcionado a la longitud de sus brazos y piernas.