On more than one occasion, upon returning home from a tender meeting with her, Kirsanov would experience that lacerating and bitter annoyance that overwhelms one's heart after a definitive failure.
Behin baino gehiagotan, maitearekin egon ondoren etxera itzultzean, Kirsanovek halako haserre sakon eta mingots bat sentitzen zuen bihotzean, behin betiko porrotaren ondotik sentitzen den haserre hori, alegia.