He looked at the well-fed horse, lathered between its legs and on its neck where the reins chafed it – looked at Ivan the coachman sitting beside him, and remembered that he had been expecting his brother, that his wife was probably disturbed at his long absence, and he tried to guess who the visitor that had come with his brother might be.
Esaminava il cavallo ben pasciuto che s’era ricoperto di schiuma fra le cosce e sul collo, dove fregavano le redini, esaminava il cocchiere Ivan, ch’era seduto accanto a lui, e ricordava che attendeva il fratello, che sua moglie probabilmente era inquieta per la sua lunga assenza, e cercava di indovinare chi fosse l’ospite arrivato col fratello.