Er selbst möchte dem Herrn Prokuristen gerne helfen, denn dieser sei ein guter und gerechter Herr, aber er wisse nicht, wie er es anfangen sollte, und er möchte nur wünschen, daß sich einflußreiche Herren seiner annehmen würden.
He would have liked to have been of some help to the chief clerk himself, as the chief clerk was a gentleman, good and honest, but he did not know what it was he could do and merely hoped there would be some influential gentlemen who would take his side.