He did try to do it, and began by going to a public library to take notes and look up references he required; but, as he explained to her, the less he did the less time he seemed to have. And he also complained that he had talked too much about his book here, so that all his ideas had become confused and he had lost interest in them.
Al principio iba a la biblioteca para tomar apuntes y anotaciones, pero, como él confesaba, cuanto menos hacía, tanto menos tiempo tenía libre, y además, se quejaba de que, habiendo hablado de su libro demasiado, ahora tenía una gran confusión de pensamientos y hasta había perdido para él todo interés.