She came to her senses for a moment, and knew that the lean peasant in the long nankin coat with a button missing who had come into the compartment was the carriage stoker and was looking at the thermometer, and that the wind and snow rushed in when he opened the door; but afterwards everything again became confused...
El hombre alto garabateaba algo apoyándose en el tabique, la señora anciana estiró las piernas y el departamento pareció envuelto en una nube negra. Ana escuchó un terrible ruido, como si algo se rasgase en la oscuridad.