Es wäre ihm lächerlich erschienen, wenn man ihm gesagt hätte, er würde keine Stelle mit einem Gehalte, wie er es brauchte, erlangen, um so mehr, da er nichts Außerordentliches beanspruchte; er wollte nur das, was seine Standesgenossen meist erlangten, und einen derartigen Posten konnte er ebensogut ausfüllen wie jeder andere.
It would have seemed to him ridiculous had he been told that he would not get a post with the salary he required; especially as he did not demand anything extraordinary. He only wanted what other men of his age and set were getting; and he could fill such an office as well as anybody else.