Gregors Sorge war damals nur gewesen, alles daranzusetzen, um die Familie das geschäftliche Unglück, das alle in eine vollständige Hoffnungslosigkeit gebracht hatte, möglichst rasch vergessen zu lassen.
Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as possible.