Vladimir Nabokov. Masha (№ 307632)

Returning home, he tried to read, but what was in the book, seemed to him so strange and inappropriate that he abandoned her in the middle of the subordinate clause. He was found what he called "the scattering will." He sat motionless in front of the Desk and
couldn't decide what to do: to change the position of the body, whether to stand up to go wash my hands, open the box, which was a cloudy day had passed into twilight...