Jede Stunde, die er dem Büro entzogen wurde, machte ihm Kummer; er konnte zwar die Bürozeit bei weitem nicht mehr so ausnützen wie früher, er brachte manche Stunden nur unter dem notdürftigsten Anschein wirklicher Arbeit hin, aber desto größer waren seine Sorgen, wenn er nicht im Büro war.
Every hour that he could not be in the office was a cause of concern for him, he was no longer able to make use of his time in the office anything like as well as he had previously, he spent many hours merely pretending to do important work, but that only increased his anxiety about not being in the office.