Er verzehrte sein Kotelett und trank seinen Tee, -- wobei er das Kinn gegen seine himmelblaue, mit einer Brillantnadel geschmückte Krawatte einzog. Ein sonderbares, süßliches und zweideutiges Lächeln spielte um seine Lippen.
Eating his cutlet and drinking his tea, he buried his chin in his sky-blue cravat, into which were thrust two diamond pins, held together by a small gold chain; and he smiled a singular smile, in a sugary, ambiguous fashion.