On the evening of the day on which I had seen Miss Scatcherd flog her pupil, Burns, I wandered as usual among the forms and tables and laughing groups without a companion, yet not feeling lonely: when I passed the windows, I now and then lifted a blind, and looked out; it snowed fast, a drift was already forming against the lower panes; putting my ear close to the window, I could distinguish from the gleeful tumult within, the disconsolate moan of the wind outside.
Le soir de ce jour où j'avais vu Mlle Scatcherd battre son élève, je me promenais, comme d'ordinaire, au milieu des tables et des groupes joyeux, sans une seule compagne, et ne me trouvant pourtant point isolée. Quand je passais devant les fenêtres, je relevais de temps en temps les rideaux et je regardais au dehors.