The Karenins' fat old Tartar coachman, in his shiny leather coat, was finding it hard to control the near grey horse that had grown restive with cold, waiting before the portico.
Il cocchiere della Karenina, un vecchio tartaro panciuto, con una giacca lustra di pelle, tratteneva a stento il cavallo grigio di sinistra che, intirizzito, s’impennava all’ingresso.