Hurry!" "Cut that hole so that this cylinder will fit it exactly," he says to some masons who are shaping a large square block of stone.

"Within that our names will be preserved." He repeats to every newcomer who approaches the place what he has already said a thousand times: "You know what we're going to build?
Well, it's a schoolhouse, a model of its kind, like those in Germany, and even better.

A great architect has drawn the plans, and I--I am bossing the job! Yes, sir, look at it, it's going to be a palace with two wings, one for the boys and the other for the girls.

Here in the middle a big garden with three fountains, there on the sides shaded walks with little plots for the children to sow and cultivate plants in during their recess-time, that they may improve the hours and not waste them.

Look how deep the foundations are, three meters and seventy-five centimeters! This building is going to have storerooms, cellars, and for those who are not diligent students dungeons near the playgrounds so that the culprits may hear how the studious children are enjoying themselves.