Der Leser hat die Wahl; was uns anbelangt, so möchten wir uns ganz einfach zu dem Glauben bekennen, daß er schlechte Laune hatte, eben weil er schlechte Laune hatte.
The reader can take his choice; we, for our part, are much inclined to believe that he was in a bad humor, simply because he was in a bad humor.