When he reached home he went to his study as usual, seated himself in his easy-chair, and opened a book on the Papacy at the place where his paper-knife was inserted. He read till one o'clock as was his wont, only now and then rubbing his high forehead and jerking his head as if driving something away.
Вернувшись домой, Алексей Александрович прошел к себе в кабинет, как он это делал обыкновенно, и сел в кресло, развернув на заложенном разрезным ножом месте книгу о папизме, и читал до часу, как обыкновенно делал; только изредка он потирал себе высокий лоб и встряхивал голову, как бы отгоняя что-то.