It never entered his head to consider all these details and imagine how that body was lying under the blanket, how the emaciated, doubled-up shins, loins, and back were placed, and whether it would not be possible to place them more comfortably or do something, if not to make him comfortable, at least to make his condition a little more tolerable.
Non gli veniva neppure in mente che, esaminando i particolari della condizione del malato, pensando come giacesse, là sotto la coperta, quel corpo, come si disponessero, contraendosi, quelle gambe smagrite, i femori, la schiena, non fosse possibile disporre meglio, fare qualcosa che, sia pure non meglio, almeno fosse meno peggio.