Note 2 — Chapter VIII · THE SCHOOLMASTER: CARPENTRAS (CONTINUED)
Bernard Miall translation
And I start again this way and that way and yet another way. My pupil’s eyes serve as my thermometer and tell me of the progress of my efforts. A blink of satisfaction announces my success. I have struck home, I have found the joint in the armour. The product of minus multiplied by minus surrenders its mysteries to us.2