twice

His whiskers cut off, Noirtier gave another turn to his hair; took, instead of his black cravat, a colored neckerchief which lay at the top of an open portmanteau; put on, in lieu of his blue and high-buttoned frock-coat, a coat of Villefort’s of dark brown, and cut away in front; tried on before the glass a narrow-brimmed hat of his son’s, which appeared to fit him perfectly, and, leaving his cane in the corner where he had deposited it, he took up a small bamboo switch, cut the air with it once or twice, and walked about with that easy swagger which was one of his principal characteristics.

Twice he stopped, and once I saw him smile, and heard him utter an exclamation of satisfaction.

This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice.

“Eh, pardieu!” said the individual whose description we have twice given, entering the door, “what a great deal of ceremony!