Mina odotti hänen jatkavan, mutta Professori näytti järkyttyneen jostakin mieleensä juolahtaneesta asiasta, jota ei rohjennut lausua ääneen. Hetkisen tämä istui vain hiljaa ajatuksissaan leipäänsä mutustellen, kunnes muisti taas Minan. Anteeksi, mitä sinä sanoitkaan? hän kysyi. Sitä vain, että ettehän te aivan yksinäinen voi olla, kun teille tulee kirjeitäkin näin paljon. Pelkkiä laskuja, Professori tuhisi.
Mina waited for him to continue, but Professor looked shocked by something that had come to his mind; he didn't dare to speak about it aloud. For a while, he just sat quietly in his thoughts, chewing his bread, until he remembered Mina again. I'm sorry, what did you say? he asked. Just that you can't be totally lonely when so many letters come to you. Only bills, Professor snorted.
* järkyttynyt : shocked (with elative)
* järkyttyä : (intransitive) to become shocked (with elative)
* juolahtaa : to occur (to come or be presented to the mind)
* juolahtaa mieleen : to come to mind
* leipä : bread
* mutustella : (transitive) to chew
* yksinäinen : lonely (unhappy by feeling isolated), lone (being alone, without companions)
* pelkkä : only, nothing but, mere
* lasku : bill, invoice, check
* tuhista : (intransitive) to sniffle, to snort