Er redete, dachte aber dabei unaufhörlich an seine Frau, an alle Einzelheiten ihres jetzigen Zustandes, und an seinen Sohn, bemüht, sich an den Gedanken, daß dieser da sei, zu gewöhnen.
He talked but never ceased thinking of his wife, of the details of her present condition, and of his son – to the idea of whose existence he painstakingly tried to accustom himself.