Thus engaged, he appeared, sitting in his own recess, quiet and absorbed enough; but that blue eye of his had a habit of leaving the outlandish- looking grammar, and wandering over, and sometimes fixing upon us, his fellow-students, with a curious intensity of observation: if caught, it would be instantly withdrawn; yet ever and anon, it returned searchingly to our table.
Sentado en su rincón, parecía absorto y sereno, pero a veces sus azules ojos abandonaban los libros y se posaban sobre nosotras, examinándonos con curiosa intensidad. Si se le sorprendía, retiraba la vista inmediatamente, mas de vez en cuando volvía a dirigirla a nuestra mesa.