The same thing happened to him as to Golenishchev, who, feeling that he had nothing to express, continually deceived himself by saying that his thought had not yet ripened and that he was bringing it to maturity and preparing materials.
Gli accadeva la stessa cosa che accadeva a Golenišcev il quale sentiva di non aver nulla da dire, e ingannava continuamente se stesso col dire che il suo pensiero non era ancora maturo, che lo avrebbe compiuto e che preparava materiali.