Капитан замер на стуле с своею шляпой и перчатками в руках и не сводя бессмысленного взгляда своего со строгого лица Варвары Петровны.
The captain sat rigid in his chair, with his hat and gloves in his hands and his eyes fixed with a senseless stare on the stern face of Varvara Petrovna.