He too had his hidden corner, where he kept secret diaries; but these were filled with deranged plans for the future, and with precise notes about the cause, staging and development of the many intrigues that he instigated among his classmates. For Reiting knew no greater pleasure than setting people against one another, defeating one with the help of the other. He revelled in extorted favours and flattery, feeling the resentment of hatred behind the mask.
Honek ere bazeukan zoko ezkutu bat, etorkizunerako zituen egitasmo maltzurrak biltzen zituzten egunkariak gordetzeko; hauek, ikaskideen artean eragin nahi zituen azpikeria ugarien zioen, antolaketaren eta bilakaeraren gaineko ohar idatziz beterik zeuden. Zeren Reitingek ezagutzen zuen plazerik handiena gizakiak elkarren kontra xaxatzea baitzen, bata bestearen laguntzaz zapuztea eta indarkeriaren bidez mesede eta lausenguak irabazteaz gozatzea, haien azalaren azpian gorrotoaren gaitzespena antzeman bazezakeen ere.