He had expected to find him in that state of self-deception which, he had heard, was frequent in consumptive cases and which had so struck him at the time of his brother's visit to him in the autumn.
Creía que encontraría a Nicolás en el mismo estado de confianza, propio de los tuberculosos, y que tanto le había sorprendido durante la estancia de su hermano en el campo, en otoño.