His soul exploded with joy. Here was the moment for which he had left his isolation and had rushed blindly into the world, into a sea of passions and struggles! But he recalled Kraisky’s prickly eyes, Iov’s hypocrisy, the governor’s military discipline, and he hid in the dark undergrowth of the Bible. The students listened in silence. They exchanged glances, as if surprised by his sudden deviation and seemed disappointed. Yakiv Pravytsky who greeted the start of the lecture most fervently, now sat downcast. Students were talking among themselves on the back benches... Obviously they were sick and tired of this Sunday school biblical morality and the clerical babble, which they had no choice but to swallow. This was great! For a thinking person was a genuine person. The future homo novus...
