situation (position vis-à-vis surroundings) of something that changes

to feel pity for, to feel sorry for

pitiful, unfortunate, sorry

pitifulness

that's too bad; I'm sorry to hear that

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

to seem, to appear