Besides, he was left with a vague feeling that what the nice kind old man had said to him was not as stupid as it had seemed at first, and that there was something in it that ought to be elucidated.
Inoltre gli era rimasto il ricordo confuso che ciò che aveva detto quel bravo e caro vecchietto non fosse così sciocco come gli era parso in principio, ma che in esso ci fosse qualcosa che bisognava chiarire.