In reality he had begun to feel dissatisfied about the time that he went to Moscow the year before. He felt that the role of the independent man, who could have anything but wanted nothing, was beginning to pall, and that many people were beginning to think he could never do anything more than be an honest, good-natured fellow.
Érezte, hogy egy olyan embernek ez a teljesen független állapota, a ki mindent tehetne, de semmit sem akar, immár kezd kissé összefolyni, s hogy sokan vannak, a kik kezdik hinni, mintha nem is volna képes semmi egyébre, mint hogy tisztességes és jó fiú legyen.