Koznyshev read the Act aloud, and began to explain its meaning, but a tall, thick-set, round-shouldered landowner with a dyed moustache, wearing a tight uniform the high collar of which squeezed up his neck at the back, interrupted him.
Sergio Ivanovich lo leyó y se puso a explicar su significación, pero entonces le interrumpió un propietario de tierras alto, grueso, encorvado, con los bigotes teñidos, vestido con un uniforme estrecho que le levantaba el cuello por detrás.