Physically Grandet was a short man, chubby, SQUARE, with calves twelve inches in

Physically Grandet was a short man, chubby, SQUARE, with calves twelve inches in circumference, large kneecaps and broad shoulders; her face, round, he was eaten by smallpox; the beard was straight, the lips offered no sinuosity, his teeth were white. His eyes had the calm and devouring expression that the people attribute to the basilisk; his forehead full of transverse wrinkles, he did not lack significant protuberances; And his hair, blonde and white, they were silver and gold in color, according to some people who ignored the gravity of making a joke to Mr. Grandet. His thick nose supported a veined mustache that, as the common people said, and not without reason, he was full of malice. This face announced that dangerous cunning, that cold probity and that selfishness of the man