Sviyazhsky sat sideways, leaning his elbow on the table and turning his cup round with one hand, while with the other he gathered his beard together, lifted it to his nose as if smelling it, and let it go again.
Свияжский сидел боком к столу, облокоченною рукой поворачивая чашку, другою выпуская, как бы нюхая.