'I see-you are probably trying to say that you felt a natural revulsion for your classmate's errors, and that the sight of vice enthralled you, as the gaze of snakes is said to do to their victims.'
-Ezin irudika nezakeen halako umilazioa nola jabetu ote zen Basiniz, eta horrexegatik sentitu nintzen harenganantz erakarrita... -Ondo, ba, esan nahi duzu, nonbait, ikaskide horren hutsegiteak berezko higuina eragin zizula, eta gaiztakeria ikusteak liluratu zintuela, nolabait sugea aurrean ikusirik honen biktimei gertatzen omen zaien bezala.