He felt that the role of the independent man, who could have anything but wanted nothing, was beginning to pall, and that many people were beginning to think he could never do anything more than be an honest, good-natured fellow.
Notaba que aquella posición independiente de hombre que lo ha podido tener todo y no quiere nada perdía mérito y que muchos empezaban ya a pensar que nunca habría conseguido otra cosa que ser un joven bueno y honorable.