Er begriff das nicht, weil er sich geradezu davor fürchtete, seine jetzige Lage zu verstehen, und in seiner Seele den Schubkasten, in dem sich sein Familiensinn befand, das heißt seine Gefühle für seine Frau und seinen Sohn, zugemacht, verschlossen und versiegelt hatte.
He did not understand it because it would have been too terrible to realize his real situation, and he had closed, locked, and sealed that compartment of his soul which contained his feelings for his family – that is, his wife and son.