Путешествие на Луну

           Barbicane,witharmscrossed,lookedfixedlyatthepassengeroftheAtlanta.

           Hewasamanofaboutforty-twoyearsofage,oflargebuild,butslightlyround-shouldered.Hismassiveheadmomentarilyshookashockofreddishhair,whichresembledalion’smane.Hisfacewasshortwithabroadforehead,andfurnishedwithamoustacheasbristlyasacat’s,andlittlepatchesofyellowishwhiskersuponfullcheeks.Round,wildisheyes,slightlynear-sighted,completedaphysiognomyessentiallyfeline.Hisnosewasfirmlyshaped,hismouthparticularlysweetinexpression,highforehead,intelligentandfurrowedwithwrinkleslikeanewly-plowedfield.Thebodywaspowerfullydevelopedandfirmlyfixeduponlonglegs.Musculararms,andageneralairofdecisiongavehimtheappearanceofahardy,jolly,companion.Hewasdressedinasuitofampledimensions,looseneckerchief,openshirtcollar,disclosingarobustneck;hiscuffswereinvariablyunbuttoned,throughwhichappearedapairofredhands.

           Onthebridgeofthesteamer,inthemidstofthecrowd,hebustledtoandfro,neverstillforamoment,"dragginghisanchors,"asthesailorssay,gesticulating,makingfreewitheverybody,bitinghisnailswithnervousavidity.Hewasoneofthoseoriginalswhichnaturesometimesinventsinthefreakofamoment,andofwhichshethenbreaksthemould.

           Amongotherpeculiarities,thiscuriositygavehimselfoutforasublimeignoramus,"likeShakespeare,"andprofessedsupremecontemptforallscientificmen.