Fett- und Tabakflecke begleiteten die Linie der kleinen Knöpfe die Brust entlang. Nach dem Kragen zu, unter dem Doppelkinn seines Gesichts, wurden sie zahlreicher.
Grease and tobacco stains followed along his broad chest the lines of the buttons, and grew more numerous the farther they were from his neckcloth, in which the massive folds of his red chin rested; this was dotted with yellow spots, that disappeared beneath the coarse hair of his greyish beard.