In episode 2 Stephen tells his boss:
"--History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am
trying to awake." (page 34, lines 22-23)
His thoughts (now every line that doesn't begin with "--") can be current running commentary or reflections of times past, and sometimes it can be difficult to distinguish the two. I find the later to be far more intense than the former. For instance early in episode 2 as the class starts to become unruly, he thinks about how their social standing above him contributes to his inability to keep control of the snotty boys.
"In a moment they will laugh more loudly, aware of my lack of rule and of the fees their papas pay." (24, 34-36)
Later when waiting to be paid his thoughts about his lack of upward mobility progress into thoughts about life and purpose and futility.
"As on the first day he bargained with me here. As it was in the beginning, is now." (29, 23-24)
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