1 In proportion as the britchka drew nearer and nearer to the verandah, the host's eyes assumed a more and more delighted expression, and his smile a broader and broader sweep.
2 And at such moments his eyes would grow winning, and his features assume an expression of intense satisfaction.
3 Meanwhile the skewbald snuffed curiously at his new acquaintances as they stood planted on either side of him; while the ladies in the vehicle regarded the scene with an expression of terror.
4 Meanwhile Sobakevitch listened with bent head; though something like a trace of expression dawned in his face as he did so.
5 We may guess that it was a pretty apt expression, since long after the man had become lost to view Chichikov was still laughing in his britchka.
6 Once more they assumed a careworn expression, and he even wiped his face with his handkerchief, then rolled it into a ball, and rubbed it to and fro against his upper lip.
7 For a moment or two he gazed into Chichikov's eyes with an expression of profound satisfaction.
8 It was as though he were uncertain what he might not encounter in their expression.
9 Every conceivable subject was discussed, including politics and military affairs; and in this connection guests voiced jejune opinions for the expression of which they would, at any other time, have soundly spanked their offspring.
10 He sank, to use the poet's expression, into the waters of Lethe, and his doings now lie buried in oblivion.
11 Yet all the while he contrived to remain clean and neat, to preserve a cheerful expression of countenance, and even to cultivate a certain elegance of movement.
12 And, spitting, he came near to venting some expression which would scarcely have been becoming in the presence of his wife.
13 "Never mind, never mind; it is nothing," said Chichikov as he strove to communicate to his features as cheerful an expression as possible.
14 And, assuming an expression of indifference, Pavel Petrovitch at once went out of the room.
15 Very charming was the expression of her eyes when she peeped, as it were, from under her lids, and smiled tenderly and a little foolishly.