Weil er nicht aufstand und den Prokuristen nicht hereinließ, weil er in Gefahr war, den Posten zu verlieren und weil dann der Chef die Eltern mit den alten Forderungen wieder verfolgen würde?
Was it because he had not got up, and had not let the chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the same demands as before?