Estava inquiet tot el temps que durava; portava el compte dels detalls de la pregaria, inconscientment (perque no hi parava atenció, pero sabia les tasqueres que amb tota regularitat servava en aquell vetust indret el clergue); i quan una petita bagatel·la de materia nova hi era insertada, la seva orella l'espiava i tota la seva natura n'experimentava ressentiment: considerava els afegitons injustos i bretols.
He was restive all through it; he kept tally of the details of the prayer, unconsciously--for he was not listening, but he knew the ground of old, and the clergyman's regular route over it--and when a little trifle of new matter was interlarded, his ear detected it and his whole nature resented it; he considered additions unfair, and scoundrelly.