He said his watch went wrong one evening, and stopped at a quarter-past eight. He did not know this at the time because, for some reason or other, he forgot to wind it up when he went to bed (an unusual occurrence with him), and hung it up over his pillow without ever looking at the thing.
Una sera, il suo orologio andava male, e s’era fermato alle otto e un quarto, senza che egli lo sapesse, perchè, in un modo o nell’altro, egli s’era dimenticato (un caso strano per lui) di caricarlo andando a letto e, senza neppur guardarlo, l’aveva appeso accanto al guanciale.