She had Roman features and a double chin, disappearing into a throat like a pillar: these features appeared to me not only inflated and darkened, but even furrowed with pride; and the chin was sustained by the same principle, in a position of almost preternatural erectness.
Una amplia sotabarba se unía a una garganta robusta como una columna. Sus facciones rebosaban orgullo y su barbilla adoptaba una posición exageradamente erecta.