Übrigens wußte er kaum, wovon die Rede war und dachte bald an die Pflegerin und an die schlechte Behandlung, die sie vom Onkel erfahren hatte, bald daran, ob er den Kanzleidirektor nicht schon einmal gesehen hatte, vielleicht sogar in der Versammlung bei seiner ersten Untersuchung.
And besides, he had hardly any idea what the conversation was about and his thoughts soon turned to the care assistant and the ill treatment she had suffered from his uncle. Soon after, he began to wonder whether he had not seen the office director somewhere before, perhaps among the people who were at his first hearing.