Of a sudden I could perhaps do something.

I understand very well that life is difficult and narrow for every one of us.

I know that my godfather sees that, too! But he profits by this narrowness.

He feels well in it; he is sharp as a needle, and he'll make his way wherever he pleases.

But I am a big, heavy man, that's why I am suffocating! That's why I live in fetters.