Previously he had remembered the others' names, but now he had quite forgotten them, chiefly because Enoch was his favourite in the whole Old Testament, and attached to Enoch's being taken up to Heaven there was a long string of thought in his head, which now occupied his mind while he looked fixedly at his father's watch-chain and at a half-unfastened button of his waistcoat.
Prima ricordava dei nomi, ma adesso li aveva dimenticati completamente, proprio perché Enoch era il suo personaggio preferito di tutto l’Antico Testamento, e all’assunzione al cielo di Enoch vivo si collegava tutto un lungo ragionamento, a cui egli, adesso, si abbandonò guardando con gli occhi fissi la catena dell’orologio del padre e un bottone del panciotto abbottonato a metà.