Levin saw signs of this in the way the man was dressed – he wore an old-fashioned shiny coat which he was evidently not used to – and in his intelligent, dismal eyes, his well-turned Russian, his authoritative tone, evidently acquired by long practice, and in the firm movement of his fine large sunburnt hands, the right one having an old wedding-ring on the third finger.
Questi segni Levin li scorgeva nell’abito, un soprabito fuori moda, frusto e decisamente non adatto per un proprietario, nei suoi occhi intelligenti, accigliati, nella parlata armoniosa, nel tono di comando acquisito ormai per lunga abitudine, e nei gesti risoluti delle mani grandi, belle, abbronzate, adorne solo del vecchio anello nuziale all’anulare.