Never before had his impossible situation (as the world thought it) – his wife's hatred, and the strength of that coarse power which, in direct opposition to his inward mood, dominated his life and demanded fulfilment of its decrees and a change in his relation to his wife – never before had the impossibility of his position appeared so evident.
Jamás lo insostenible de su situación ante los ojos del gran mundo, jamás la aversión de su mujer hacia él, jamás todo el poder de aquella fuerza misteriosa que, contrapesando su estado de ánimo, guiaba su vida obligándole a ejecutar su voluntad y a cambiar sus relaciones con su mujer, jamás todo aquello se le presentó con tan absoluta claridad como en aquel momento.