Когда она вошла в его кабинет, он в вице-мундире, очевидно готовый к отъезду, сидел у маленького стола, на который облокотил руки, и уныло смотрел пред собой.
When she went into his study he was in official uniform, obviously ready to go out, sitting at a little table on which he rested his elbows, looking dejectedly before him.