Praskovya Fedorovna's attitude to Ivan Ilych's illness, as she expressed it both to others and to him, was that it was his own fault and was another of the annoyances he caused her.
Praskovia Fiodorovnak senarraren gaixotasunaz pentsatzen zuena kanpokoei eta bere buruari esaten ziona bera zen: erruduna bera zela eta gaixotasun guztia emazteari egiten zion beste higuingarrikeria bat baizik ez zela.