In the country, without his work, he experienced ennui for the first time in his life, and not only ennui but intolerable depression, and he decided that it was impossible to go on living like that, and that it was necessary to take energetic measures.
Baserrian, kargutik aparte Ivan Ilitxek lehendabiziko aldiz sentitu zuen gogaita, baina gogait eramanezina, eta erabaki zuen hala ez zegoela bizitzerik eta neurri zorrotzen batzuk hartu beharra zeukala.