“In a large garden, in the middle of a young eucalyptus grove, there was a Chinese arbor. A young man in a white flannel suit and panama came up to this pavilion at exactly nine o'clock in the morning.The appearance of the young man involuntarily attracted attention. Very short arms and legs, an exorbitantly large head, large pendulous ears and nose. The nose struck me the most: at the root, the nose sank, and towards the end it expanded and even bent a little upwards like a “shoe”. All the movements of the young man were very fast, angular, unexpected. He could not be considered handsome in any way. And yet there was nothing repulsive in his appearance. On the contrary: the young man aroused sympathy with the extraordinary comical gestures and facial expressions, and with his ugliness he could only arouse pity ... "