Their delight in his picture aroused in Mikhaylov his former excitement, but he feared and disliked their idle interest in his past work, and therefore, though their praises gave him pleasure, he tried to draw his visitors' attention to a third picture.
El entusiasmo ante aquel cuadro despertó en Mijailov la emoción de antes, pero no le placía aquel inútil sentimiento referente a algo ya pasado y así, aunque le halagaban los elogios, trató de desviar la atención de aquel cuadro y concentrarla en un tercero.