In Tolstoy's Words: Nikolai ... Levin saw facing him in the doorway his brother's huge, thin, stooping figure -- familiar yet alarming, so wild and ill did he look with his great frightened eyes. He was even more emaciated than when Levin had seen him last, about three years ago. He was wearing a short coat, and his hands and bony frame seemed bigger than ever. His hair was getting thin but the same straight moustache drooped over his lips and the same eyes looked at the newcomer with their peculiar, naïve gaze. Anna Karenina, Part I, Chapter 24