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»Und dabei hatte ich gehofft« could be replaced by

Und hinsichtlich des eben Erwähnten hatte ich doch gehofft ...
(And concerning what has been said before I really had hoped ...)

or by

Wo ich doch gehofft hatte ...
(Although I had hoped ...)

»Und dabei hatte ich gehofft« could be (laboriously) replaced by

Und hinsichtlich des eben Erwähnten hatte ich doch gehofft ...
(And concerning what has been said before I really had hoped ...)

or better by

Wo ich doch gehofft hatte ...
(Although I had hoped ...)

Your guess (2) is as good as correct. »Und dabei hatte ich gehofft« could be replaced by

Und hinsichtlich des eben Erwähnten hatte ich doch gehofft ...
(And concerning what has been said before I really had hoped ...)

»Und dabei hatte ich gehofft« could be replaced by

Und hinsichtlich des eben Erwähnten hatte ich doch gehofft ...
(And concerning what has been said before I really had hoped ...)

or by

Wo ich doch gehofft hatte ...
(Although I had hoped ...)

Your guess (2) is as good as correct. »Und dabei« could be replaced by

Und hinsichtlich des eben Erwähnten ...
(And concerning what has been said before ...)

Your guess (2) is as good as correct. »Und dabei hatte ich gehofft« could be replaced by

Und hinsichtlich des eben Erwähnten hatte ich doch gehofft ...
(And concerning what has been said before I really had hoped ...)