Ivan Ilych told of how he had been feted by everybody in Petersburg, how all those who had been his enemies were put to shame and now fawned on him, how envious they were of his appointment, and how much everybody in Petersburg had liked him.
Ivan Ilitxek Peterburgon nolako barrera egin zioten kontatu zuen, nola etsai izandako guztiak orain bere aurrean lotsatzen eta umiliatzen zitzaizkion, nola zioen inbidia posizioarengatik eta, batez ere, zeinen biziki maite zuten Peterburgon.