Question

Als er aber endlich in den Goldnen Löwen kam, fand er niemanden vor als den Steuereinnehmer, der bereits am Tische saß.

Accepted Answer

How then had he been able to explain, and in such language, the number of things that he could not have said so well before? He was usually shy, and maintained that reserve which partakes at once of modesty and dissimulation.

Front	Als er aber endlich in den Goldnen Löwen kam, fand er niemanden vor als den Steuereinnehmer, der bereits am Tische saß.
Back	How then had he been able to explain, and in such language, the number of things that he could not have said so well before? He was usually shy, and maintained that reserve which partakes at once of modesty and dissimulation.

Als Er Den Aber Endlich Goldnen Löwen Kam