When he saw her, he came toward her with his customary ironical smile and looked straight at her with his large tired eyes. An unpleasant feeling weighed on her heart when she felt his fixed and weary gaze, as if she had expected to find him different.
Su esposo se acercaba a ella, mirándola atentamente con sus grandes ojos cansados, con su eterna sonrisa irónica en los labios, y esta vez la mirada inquisitiva de Alexis Alejandrovich la hizo estremecer. ¿Acaso esperaba encontrar a su marido distinto de como era en realidad?