Chapter 13

Chapter 13

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Placide Penitente enters Physics class, in which Padre Millon is his professor.  The discussion drags on without the use of any laboratory equipment and other learning aids.  The university had bought a number of instruments, but these remain kept in glass shelves and are never used.  Placido had already been marked as absent, and when Padre Millon calls on him to answer a question, the priest gives him a very low mark.  Placido argues with Padre Millon over this injustice.  The unyielding friar continues throwing insults at the youth, and Placido Penitente walks out of the class.