Obgleich er den armen Schelm schon längst kannte, tat er doch, als sähe er ihn zum ersten Male. Er murmelte etwas von Hornhaut, Star, Sklerotika, Facies vor sich hin. Dann riet er ihm in salbungsvollem Tone:
And though he knew the poor devil, he pretended to see him for the first time, murmured something about "cornea," "opaque cornea," "sclerotic," "facies," then asked him in a paternal tone—