Alle diese Gespräche hatten sich um Gegenstände gedreht, mit denen er, wenn er allein und auf dem Lande gewesen wäre, sich niemals beschäftigt haben würde; hier aber hatten sie ihn lebhaft interessiert. ###>All the events had consisted of conversations: conversations to which he had listened or in which he had taken part. All these conversations were about matters he would never have occupied himself with had he been in the country, but here they were very interesting.