He felt this at the mere sight of Ignat and the horses; but when he had put on the sheepskin coat that had been brought for him and, well wrapped up, had seated himself in the sledge and started homeward, turning over in his mind the orders he would give about the work on the estate, and as he watched the side horse (once a saddle-horse that had been overridden, a spirited animal from the Don), he saw what had befallen him in quite a different light.
Al solo vedere Ignat e i cavalli aveva provato questo; ma quando infilò il pellicciotto di montone che gli avevan portato e, sedutosi tutto imbacuccato nella slitta, partì, pensando alle imminenti disposizioni da dare in campagna e guardando il bilancino sgroppato eppur focoso, un tempo cavallo da sella del Don, cominciò a considerare in modo del tutto diverso quello che gli era successo.