“Badly.”
“In what way?”
“Oh! in every way. Everything is so dull and this little town bores me to death. There’s nothing to do.”
“Nothing to do? Why it was you that complained of not having time to breathe!”
“That is not what I mean. One can’t be always seeing patients, seeing patients. There is another life besides that.”
“And who prevents you from living that other life?”
“That is rather a complicated question.”
“In what way is it complicated? You are a young, good-looking, healthy man; what more do you want?”
“In my opinion that is not enough,” replied Novikoff, with mild irony.
“Really!” laughed Sanine. “Well, I think it is a very great deal.”