His moustache was now as white as the blotting paper, and with the years he had grown a small pot-belly under a double-breasted waistcoat-only his dubious rank remained constant.
Tomlinson brigadierraren bibotea xukapapera bezain zuria zen, eta urteen joan-etorriak eragindako tripazorro txiki bat ikus zekiokeen, txaleko gurutzatuaren azpitik somatzen zena. Haren graduazio zalantzagarriak bakarrik jarraitzen zuen lehenean.