He was no longer the learned Puritan of old days, whose behavior was made awkward by his very earnestness, whose clear and simple ga%e had so often checked the looseness of our talk.
Ez zen hura lehengo Michel bera, sasoi bateko puritano jakituna, keinu baldar bezain seguruko gizona, begirada hain argikoa bera, ezen haren aurrean gure egitasmo libreegiak bertan behera geratzen baitziren.