In der Tat fühlte Karl am Freitag darauf, als er sich die Stiefel anzog, die bei seinen Kleidern in einem finsteren Gelaß zu stehen pflegten, zwischen Stiefelleder und Strumpf ein Stück Papier.
And, in fact, on the following Friday, as Charles was putting on one of his boots in the dark cabinet where his clothes were kept, he felt a piece of paper between the leather and his sock.