Oblonsky was firmly convinced that the business he wished to serve was new, alive, and honest; but that morning when Bolgarinov, with obvious intention, made him wait two hours in his waiting-room with other petitioners, he had suddenly felt uncomfortable. Whether it was that he, Prince Oblonsky, a descendant of Rurik, was waiting two hours in a Jew's waiting-room, or that, for the first time in his life, he was departing from the example set by his ancestors of serving the State only and was entering on a new field, at any rate he felt uncomfortable.
Esteban Arkadievich estaba plenamente convencido de que la causa a la que quería dedicarse era nueva, útil y honrada. Pero aquella mañana, cuando Bolgarinov, de manera evidentemente deliberada, le había hecho esperar dos horas en la antesala de su despacho junto con otros visitantes, Oblonsky se sintió desconcertado y molesto, tanto por el hecho de que a él, al príncipe Oblonsky, descendiente de Riurick, le hubiese tocado esperar dos horas en la antesala de un judío, como por no haber seguido por primera vez en su vida el ejemplo de sus antepasados de servir al Gobierno, entrando en una nueva esfera de actividad.