Vielleicht merkte der Vater seinen guten Willen, denn er störte ihn hierbei nicht, sondern dirigierte sogar hie und da die Drehbewegung von der Ferne mit der Spitze seines Stockes.
It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a distance as to which way to turn.