Es war ihm in diesem Augenblick ergangen, wie es nicht selten Leuten ergeht, die unversehens auf einer recht schmählichen Tat ertappt werden. Er hatte es nicht verstanden, seine Miene der Lage anzupassen, in die er seiner Frau gegenüber durch die Aufdeckung seines Vergehens geraten war.
At that moment there had happened to him what happens to most people when unexpectedly caught in some shameful act: he had not had time to assume an expression suitable to the position in which he stood toward his wife now that his guilt was discovered.