Nur _ein_ Gedanke quälte ihn; er hatte allerdings die Absicht gehabt, den Hund mit seiner ,,Beißzange" spielen zu lassen, aber er hätte sie nicht fortschleppen sollen.
He had but one marring thought; he was willing that the dog should play with his pinchbug, but he did not think it was upright in him to carry it off.