Translations:Victor of Aveyron/49/en

Of all his senses, his car seemed to be the most completely insensible. But it was remarkable that the noise caused by the cracking; of a walnut, a fruit of which he was particularly fond, never failed to awaken his attention. The truth of this observation may be depended upon: and yet, this very organ betrayed an insensibility to the loudest noises, to the explosions, for instance, of firearms. I one day fired two pistols close by his ear; the first produced some emotion, but the second merely made him turn his head with apparent indifference.