Es gehörte vielleicht nicht mehr viel dazu, denn er schien nur mehr fähig, Fingerhut-Portionen Luft einzuatmen und sein Herz mußte bald springen, so heftig schlug es.
There was not much to take away, for he seemed only able to inhale it by thimblefuls, and his heart would soon wear itself out, the way it was beating.