Note 8 — Section 66. TENDER, TRUSTY, AND TRUE. VI.
Reading edition
[1] Supply here the conj. daß.
[2] Say ‘What did he therefore (also) do?’
[3] stracks.
[4] holte sich.
[5] and — that, und von da an.
[6] so bald er von der Schule nach Hause gekommen war.
[7] This passage will read more elegantly by beginning with the conj. ‘when’, which must be followed by the subject ‘he’. ‘But’ should then be rendered by jedoch, which takes the third place.
[8] nach.
[9] das Männchen.
[10] jammern; on = upon.
[11] das Weibchen.
[12] sich bemühen.
[13] Use the Perf. Subj. according to App. §§ 28 and 30.
[14] daß er eine so gemeine Grausamkeit nie begehen könne.
[15] In subordinate clauses, the subject stands in most cases immediately after the conjunction or relative pronoun.
[16] im Gegenteil. See S. 15, N. 3.
[17] und jammerten weiter.