The visitors, already disenchanted by Golenishchev's account of the artist, were still further disillusioned by his appearance. Of medium height, thick-set and with a loose gait, Mikhaylov in his brown hat, olive-green overcoat and narrow trousers (at a time when wide ones had long since come into fashion), and especially his commonplace broad face, expressing a combination of timidity and a desire to be dignified, created an unpleasant impression.
De mediana estatura, corpulento, de andar balanceante y amanerado, Mijailov, con su sombrero castaño y su abrigo color de aceituna, con sus pantalones estrechos cuando hacía tiempo que se llevaban anchos, producía una impresión que la vulgaridad de su ancho rostro y la mezcla de timidez y pretensiones de dignidad que se pintaban en él hacían aún más desagradable.