The Translation
The Translation: Chapter XXI Kretschmar for some time grew silent. An unparalleled longing 1 was pres suring him. Perhaps, f or the first time during the year of cohabitation 2 with Magda, he was clearly recognizing that thin layer of filth 3 which sett led upon his life. H is fate , n ow 4 with a blinding clarity , 5 pushed him into an awakening recollection: he heard a sundering call to fate and understood, that he is given a rare opportunity to sharply pull his life b a ck into its former height 6 . He was coming to an understanding , that if now he will return to his wife and will be silently and inseparably by her side, then a reconnection, impossible under any other routine circumstance, will happen almost by itself . Some memories about that night wouldn’t leave him in peace: he was recol...