That's him,' said the door-keeper pointing to a strongly-built broad-shouldered man with a curly beard, who, without taking off his sheep-skin cap, was running lightly and quickly up the worn steps of the stone staircase.
Eccolo — disse l’usciere, indicando un uomo di costituzione forte, largo di spalle, con la barba ricciuta, il quale, senza togliersi il berretto di montone, saliva lesto e leggero i gradini consumati della scala di pietra.