Flaubert Gustave. Madame Bovary

Translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling.
Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT, SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and AP English Test Preparation.We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a "new fellow,"
not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk.
Those who had been asleep woke up, and every one rose as if just surprised at
his work.
The head-master made a sign to us to sit down. Then, turning to the classmaster,
he said to him in a low voice-
"Monsieur Roger, here is a pupil whom I recommend to your care; he'll be in
the second. If his work and conduct are satisfactory, he will go into one of the
upper classes, as becomes his age."
The "new fellow," standing in the corner behind the door so that he could
hardly be seen, was a country lad of about fifteen, and taller than any of us. His
hair was cut square on his forehead like a village chorister's; he looked reliable,
but very ill at ease. Although he was not broad-shouldered, his short school
jacket of green cloth with black buttons must have been tight about the armholes,
and showed at the opening of the cuffs red wrists accustomed to being
bare. His legs, in blue stockings, looked out from beneath yellow trousers, drawn
tight by braces, He wore stout, ill-cleaned, hob-nailed boots.
We began repeating the lesson. He listened with all his ears, as attentive as if
at a sermon, not daring even to cross his legs or lean on his elbow; and when at