Die Luft im Zimmer war ihm allmählich drückend geworden, öfters hatte er schon verwundert auf einen kleinen, zweifellos nicht geheizten Eisenofen in der Ecke hingesehen, die Schwüle im Zimmer war unerklärlich.
The air in the room had slowly become quite oppressive for him, he had several times looked in amazement at a small, iron stove in the corner that certainly could not have been lit, the heat of the room was inexplicable.