Partout de larges tables, tres basses, semées comme au hasard, et sur ces tables, au milieu des cornues et des éprouvettes, de petites lampes Bunsen, a la flamme bleuâtre, jetant des lueurs vacillantes.
Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames. There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in his work.