War es nicht gerade Karl, der sie von jedwedem Glück trennte? War nicht er der Anlaß all ihres Elends, das Schloß an der Tür ihres qualvollen Käfigs?
Was it not for him, the obstacle to all felicity, the cause of all misery, and, as it were, the sharp clasp of that complex strap that bucked her in on all sides.