With the book under his arm he went upstairs; but to-night, instead of his usual thoughts and calculations about his official affairs, his mind was full of his wife and of something unpleasant that had happened concerning her.
Con il libro sotto il braccio andò su; ma quella sera, invece dei soliti pensieri e delle solite considerazioni sugli affari di ufficio, la sua testa era piena della moglie e di qualcosa di spiacevole che la riguardava.