Following his footsteps like a shadow is Markel, the artisan who has become a revolutionist through humiliation and the desire for revenge; a passionate worshipper of science, which he cannot comprehend; a fanatical anticlerical and an ascetic.

跟随他的脚步如影随形的是马克尔，这位工匠在屈辱和复仇的渴望中成为了革命者；一个他无法理解的狂热的科学崇拜者；一个狂热的反教权主义者和一个禁欲主义者。