The prize was delivered to Tom with as much effusion as the superintendent could pump up under the circumstances; but it lacked somewhat of the true gush, for the poor fellow's instinct taught him that there was a mystery here that could not well bear the light, perhaps; it was simply preposterous that this boy had warehoused two thousand sheaves of Scriptural wisdom on his premises--a dozen would strain his capacity, without a doubt.
El premi fou remes a Tom amb tanta d'efusió com el superintendent pogué bombar-se en aquelles circumstancies; pero li mancava quelcom de l'autentic broll, perque l'instint del pobre subjecte li féu saber que allí hi havia un misteri que potser no comportava la llum; era simplement absurd que aquell noi hagués amagatzemat dues mil gavelles de ciencia escripturística en sos locals: una dotzena agotarien la seva capacitat, sens dubte.