Unter andern kam ein Augenblick, wo ihm in die Gedanken kam, daß dies vielleicht die Minute wäre, in der die fürchterliche Kette, die er am Morgen gesehen hatte, ihre eiserne Schlinge um diesen so zarten und zierlichen Hals zusammenziehen könnte.
Among other moments there came one, when it occurred to him that it was perhaps the very minute when the hideous chain which he had seen that morning, was pressing its iron noose closer about that frail and graceful neck.