Altogether Mihailov , with his reserved and disagreeable , as it were , hostile attitude , was quite disliked by them as they got to know him better ; and they were glad when the sittings were over , and they were left with a magnificent portrait in their possession , and he gave up coming . Golenishtchev was the first to give expression to an idea that had occurred to all of them , which was that Mihailov was simply jealous of Vronsky .
Вообще Михайлов, с его сдержанным и неприятным, как бы враждебным отношением, был им весьма неприятен, когда они лучше его узнали; и они были рады, когда заседания закончились и у них остался великолепный портрет, и он отказался приходить. Голенищев первый высказал мысль, пришедшую им всем в голову, а именно, что Михайлов просто завидовал Вронскому.
