The boys were not able to remember that their remarks had possessed weight before; but now their sayings were treasured and repeated; everything they did seemed somehow to be regarded as remarkable; they had evidently lost the power of doing and saying commonplace things; moreover, their past history was raked up and discovered to bear marks of conspicuous originality.
De most minden szavukat értékelték, ismételték, és bármit is tettek, cselekedetük valamiképpen tekintélyt kapott. Egészen nyilvánvalóan elvesztették képességüket, hogy hétköznapi dolgot mondjanak vagy tegyenek.