Wäre er allein in der Welt gewesen, hätte er den Prozeß leicht mißachten können, wenn es allerdings auch sicher war, daß dann der Prozeß überhaupt nicht entstanden wäre.
If he had been alone in the world it would have been easy for him to ignore it, although it was also certain that, in that case, the trial would never have arisen in the first place.