He was much changed and grown even thinner since Peter Ivanovich had last seen him, but, as is always the case with the dead, his face was handsomer and above all more dignified than when he was alive.
Oso aldaturik zegoen, argaldurik zegoen Piotr Ivanovitxek azkeneko aldiz bisita egin zionetik, baina aurpegia, hildako guztiena bezala, ederragoa, eta batez ere, bizitzan izan zena baino esanguratsuagoa.