Rojo y negro
Rojo y negro There also was of course in Adeline
that calm patrician polish in the address,
which ne’er can pass the equinoctial line
of any thing which nature would express;
just as a mandarin finds nothing fine,—
at least his manner suffers not to guess
that any thing he views can greatly please.[71]
Don Juan, canto XIII, estrofa 84
«Es algo disparatada la forma de ver las cosas de esta familia —pensaba la mariscala—; están tan orgullosos de ese curita suyo que lo único que sabe es escuchar, con unos ojos bastante bonitos, cierto es.»