Només els deixebles vells procuraven servar llurs bitllets, no deixant de banda llur tediosa tasca fins a assolir una Bíblia: així és que la remissió d'un d'aquests premis era un rar i notable esdeveniment; el deixeble que havia reeixit era tan gran i conspicu, aquell dia, que en tal moment tot si d'alumne s'encenia d'una nova ambició que ben sovint durava un parell de setmanes.
Only the older pupils managed to keep their tickets and stick to their tedious work long enough to get a Bible, and so the delivery of one of these prizes was a rare and noteworthy circumstance; the successful pupil was so great and conspicuous for that day that on the spot every scholar's heart was fired with a fresh ambition that often lasted a couple of weeks.