His nose was broad and flat, and he had high cheek bones; his thin lips were constantly compressed into an impudent, ironicalâit might almost be called a maliciousâsmile; but his forehead was high and well formed, and atoned for a good deal of the ugliness of the lower part of his face. A special feature of this physiognomy was its death-like pallor, which gave to the whole man an indescribably emaciated appearance in spite of his hard look, and at the same time a sort of passionate and suffering expression which did not harmonize with his impudent, sarcastic smile and keen, self-satisfied bearing. He wore a large furâor rather astrachanâovercoat, which had kept him warm all night, while his neighbour had been obliged to bear the full severity of a Russian November night entirely unprepared. His wide sleeveless mantle with a large cape to itâthe sort of cloak one sees upon travellers during the winter months in Switzerland or North Italyâwas by no means adapted to the long cold journey through Russia, from Eydkuhnen to St. Petersburg.