Whether it was his conflict with Stremov or the misfortune with his wife, or simply that he had reached his predestined limit – at any rate it had that year become obvious to every one that his career was over.
Fosse l’urto con Stremov, fosse la disgrazia con la moglie, o fosse che Aleksej Aleksandrovic era giunto al limite che gli era stato assegnato, certo è che quell’anno era evidente che la sua carriera di funzionario era finita.