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.
Whether it was due to his feud with Stremov, or his misfortune with his wife, or simply that Alexey Alexandrovitch had reached his destined limits, it had become evident to everyone in the course of that year that his career was at an end.