Anyone could approach him freely and guests were not commonly announced, so that often, when we came to visit him, we found him reading like this in silence, for he never read aloud.
Siapa saja bebas mendekatinya dan kedatangan tetamu lazimnya tak dimaklumkan, sehingga seringkali, manakala kami datang mengunjunginya, kami mendapatinya sedang membaca seperti ini tanpa suara, karena ia tidak pernah membaca dengan suara nyaring.