The country gentleman turned out to be an old cavalry officer, a bachelor, a great horse-fancier, a sportsman, and the owner of a smoking-room, of hundred-year-old herb-brandy, of some old hungarian wine, and of superb horses 尼古拉要去找的那位地主是一个老单身汉,当过骑兵,又是养马内行和猎手,他有一间吸烟室,窖藏百年果酒和匈牙利葡萄酒,拥有稀有品种的马匹。