In my reading nook in the attic the only sounds to reach me were the hourly chimes from the nearby tower and the dry clapping of nesting storks, but there the characters of Shakespeare's and Goethe's worlds walked in and out.
Ganbarako irakurketarako txokoan, non alboko dorreko erlojuaren kanpai-hotsak eta ondoan habia egiten zuten zikoinen moko-tarrata lehorra entzuten zen, Goethe eta Shakespearen pertsonaiak sartu-irtenean ibiltzen ziren nigan.