He had to stop in bed when he was ill, and eat chicken and custards and hot-house grapes; and he would lie there and sob, because they wouldn't let him do Latin exercises, and took his German grammar away from him.
Aveva da stare in letto quand’era malato e mangiava pollo in gelatina e crema, e dell’uva di serra; ed egli giaceva sospiroso, perchè non gli lasciavan fare gli esercizi latini e gli strappavan la grammatica tedesca.