So schraubte er seine Gefühle durch eingebildetes Elend künstlich in die Höhe, daß er fast daran erstickt wäre -- er war so leicht gerührt! Seine Augen schwammen in einem trüben Nebel, welcher zu Tränen wurde, sobald er blinzelte, und herabrann und von der Spitze seiner Nase troff.
He so worked upon his feelings with the pathos of these dreams, that he had to keep swallowing, he was so like to choke; and his eyes swam in a blur of water, which overflowed when he winked, and ran down and trickled from the end of his nose.