But meantime, from where I was, always newly envious and newly surprised, I watched from below professor Ermanno's wrinkled, sharp face that looked transfigured at that moment and his eyes that, behind the glasses, I would have said were full of tears.
Baina, bien bitartean, neure lekutik, behetik gora begiratu eta, harridura eta inbidia beti berriz, Ermanno irakasle jaunaren begitarte zorrotz zimela ikusten nuen, une hartan itxuraldatuta bezala, eta haren begiak, lenteen atzean malkotan iruditu zitzaizkidanak.