"Throws do down pamphlets which he has been reading. Excitedly combs his flowing spread of whiskers with his fingers; pounds the table with his fists; lets off brisk vol­leys of unsanctified language at brief intervals repen­tantly drooping his head between volleys and kissing the Louis XI crucifix hanging from his neck accompanying the kisses with mumbled apologies; presently rises flus­hed and perspiring and walks the floor gesticulating."