He hated becoming Thomas Ripley again, hated being nobody, hated putting on his old set of habits again, and feeling that people looked down on him and were bored with him unless he put on an act for them like a clown, feeling incompetent and incapable of doing anything with himself except entertaining people for minutes at a time.
Dickie Greenleafen azkena zen hura, bazekien. Gorrotagarria zitzaion berriro ere Thomas Ripley bihurtzea, gorrotagarria inor ez izatea, gorrotagarria lehengo ohituretara itzultzea, eta sentitzea jendeak goitik behera begiratzen ziola eta aspertu egiten zela berarekin non eta pailazoarena egiten ez zuen, erabat baldar eta ezgai sentituz jendeari minutu batzuetako entretenimendua besterik eskaintzeko.