Kampir yetmishlarga borgan, cho‘pday ozg‘in, iyagi ertaklardagi yalmog‘iz kampirning iyagiday oldga turtib chiqqan, lablari hayotning sho‘rish azoblarini tatib ko‘raverganidan tirishib-burishib qolganday so‘lg‘in va quruq, burni so‘ppaygan, kirtaygan ko‘zlari chuqur botgan – ma’yus boqar, ammo jahli chiqqanida nafaqat ko‘zlari xunukdan xunuk chaqchayar, balki butun yuzida qo‘rqinchli ifoda paydo bo‘lardi, qoqsuyak gavdasi esa xiyol egik, lekin juda serharakat, chaqqon, kiyimlari esa hamisha toza va ohorli edi.

Close to the corner, on an overcoat, sat an old, unshaven, gray-bearded soldier as thin as a skeleton, with a stern sallow face and eyes intently fixed on Rostov.