When I returned to my seat, that lady was just delivering an order of which I did not catch the import; but Burns immediately left the class, and going into the small inner room where the books were kept, returned in half a minute, carrying in her hand a bundle of twigs tied together at one end.
mas cuando volví a mi asiento, vi que ésta acababa de dar una orden que no entendí, pero a consecuencia de la cual Burns salió de la clase y volvió momentos después trayendo un haz de varillas de mimbre atadas por un extremo.