Kleine, schwarze Äuglein huschten hin und her, die Wangen hingen herab, wie bei Versoffenen, die langen Bärte waren steif und schütter, und griff man in sie, so war es, als bilde man bloß Krallen, nicht als griffe man in Bärte.
Dark, little eyes flickered here and there, cheeks drooped down like on drunken men, their long beards were thin and stiff, if they took hold of them it was more like they were making their hands into claws, not as if they were taking hold of their own beards.