He sat in his place, his eyes staring straight before him, not observing the people who went in or out, and if previously his appearance of imperturbable calm had struck and annoyed those who did not know him, he now seemed to them even prouder and more self-confident. He looked at people as if they were inanimate things.
Permaneció sentado en su butaca con los ojos abiertos. Ora mirando fijamente ante él, ora contemplando a los que entraban y salían; y si antes impresionaba a los desconocidos con su inalterable tranquilidad, ahora parecía aún más seguro de sí mismo y más lleno de orgullo.