`` the general welcomed them one by one as he announced their names : sergei , balding with a round face , arched eyebrows and overconfident eyes ; yakov , a large nose , slightly protruding lips and the businesslike demeanor of a cheap hood ; matvei , a full head of curly hair , distracted eyes , a furrowed brow with the confused look of a cold blooded killer ; lazar , a full head of black hair , downcast eyes and the look of some backroom deal maker ; genrikh , a mild mannered appearance with shifty eyes and a mouth that looked as if it could convincingly speak out of both sides ; and finally there was naftaly .