The uniforms of the old noblemen were cut in the old-fashioned way, with puffs at the shoulders, and were clearly too small for them, being short-waisted and narrow as if their wearers had grown out of them.
Мундиры старых дворян были сшиты по-старинному, с буфочками на плечах; они были очевидно малы, коротки в талиях и узки, как будто носители их выросли из них.