Then she recalled Petrov's thin, emaciated figure in his brown coat, with his long neck, his thin, curly hair, his inquiring blue eyes – which had at first seemed to her terrible, – and his sickly efforts to appear vigorous and animated in her presence.
Poi ricordò la figura magra di Petrov, il suo collo lungo, il soprabito marrone, i radi capelli ondulati, gli occhi azzurri che sembravano interrogare e che impressionavano Kitty nei primi tempi, e gli sforzi morbosi di lui per sembrare valido e vivace in sua presenza.