Passepartout was by no means one of those pert dunces depicted by Moliere with a bold gaze and a nose held high in the air; he was an honest fellow, with a pleasant face, lips a trifle protruding, soft-mannered and serviceable, with a good round head, such as one likes to see on the shoulders of a friend.
Picaporte no era, por cierto, uno de esos Frontines o Mascarillos, que, altos los hombros y la cabeza, descarado y seco al mirar, no son más que unos bellacos insolentes; no. Picaporte era un guapo chico de amable fisonomía y labios salientes, dispuesto siempre a saborear o a acariciar; un ser apacible y servicial, con una de esas cabezas redondas y bonachonas que siempre gusta encontrar en los hombros de un amigo.