»Sollte ich jetzt weniger Feingefühl haben?«, dachte er und saugte schon gierig an dem Käse, zu dem es ihn vor allen anderen Speisen sofort und nachdrücklich gezogen hatte.
"Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper.