Their delight in his picture aroused in Mikhaylov his former excitement, but he feared and disliked their idle interest in his past work, and therefore, though their praises gave him pleasure, he tried to draw his visitors' attention to a third picture.
L’entusiasmo dinanzi a questo suo quadro provocò in Michajlov la stessa agitazione di prima, ma egli temeva e non amava quell’ozioso sentimento verso ciò che era compiuto, e perciò, pur rallegrato dalle lodi, volle attrarre l’attenzione dei visitatori verso un terzo quadro.