And at that instant the thought of what Serpukhovskoy had just been saying to him and of what had occurred to him that morning (that it was better not to bind himself) flashed through his mind, and he knew that he could not pass on the thought to her.
És ekkor fölelevenűlt lelkében az a gondolat, a melyet az imént mondott neki Szerpuhovszkij, s a melyre ő ma reggel magától is rájött, hogy jobb magát nem lekötni, s tudta, hogy ezt a gondolatot nem közölheti vele.