Having learnt from the house-porter's wife who came out to meet them that Mikhaylov allowed visitors into his studio, but was at that moment at his lodgings a few steps away, they sent her with their cards to beg permission to see his pictures.
Informados por la mujer del portero de que Mijailov permitía visitar su estudio, pero que ahora estaba en su casa, cercana a él, le enviaron sus tarjetas pidiéndole que les dejara examinar sus cuadros.