Not only was there not a soul in Petersburg to whom he could express what he felt, who would pity him, not as a high official, not as a member of a society, but simply as a suffering human being – but nowhere at all had he any such friend.
Ni en San Petersburgo ni fuera de allí tenía persona alguna a quien pudiera hacer participe de sus sentimientos, alguien que pudiese comprenderle, no como a un alto funcionario y miembro del gran mundo, sino simplemente como a un hombre afligido.