After dinner a book would be read aloud, and he would take notes in a cursory way. I remember that one of his friends, when the reader pronounced a word wrongly, checked him and made him read it again, and my uncle said to him, "Did you not catch the meaning?" When his friend said "yes," he remarked, "Why then did you make him turn back? We have lost more than ten lines through your interruption." So jealous was he of every moment lost.
After dinner a book would be read aloud and he would take notes in a cursory way I remember that one of his friends when the reader pronounced a word wrongly checked him and made him read it again and my uncle said to him "Did you not catch the meaning" When his friend said "yes" he remarked "Why then did you make him turn back We have lost more than ten lines through your interruption" So jealous was he of every moment lost