Whether it was his conflict with Stremov or the misfortune with his wife, or simply that he had reached his predestined limit – at any rate it had that year become obvious to every one that his career was over.
Столкновение ли со Стремовым, несчастье ли с женой, или просто то, что Алексей Александрович дошел до предела, который ему был предназначен, но для всех в нынешнем году стало очевидно, что служебное поприще его кончено.