En acabat, el mestre, endolcit gairebé fins al caire de la bondat, retira la seva cadira, gira l'esquena a l'auditori, i comença a dibuixar un mapa d'America a la pissarra perque hi fes exercici la classe de Geografia.
Now the master, mellow almost to the verge of geniality, put his chair aside, turned his back to the audience, and began to draw a map of America on the blackboard, to exercise the geography class upon.