He saw the heads of his classmates meekly bent as they wrote in their notebooks the points they were bidden to note, nominal definitions, essential definitions and examples or dates of birth or death, chief works, a favourable and an unfavourable criticism side by side.
Ikusten zituen klasekideak burumakur, hartzeko gomendatzen zizkieten oharrak koadernoan menekotasunez idazten: definizio nominalak, definizio esentzialak eta adibideak, jaiotza eta heriotza-datak, obra nagusiak eta aldeko eta aurkako kritikak bata bestearen ondoan.