The shop where Uncle Gradelle had accumulated his fortune, sou by sou, was a long, dark place, one of those suspicious looking pork butchers' shops of the old quarters of the city, where the well-worn flagstones retain a strong odour of meat in spite of constant washings.
Osaba Gradelleren denda hura, non bere altxorra bildu baitzuen sosez sos, halako sabel beltz bat zen, auzo zaharretako badaezpadako urdaitegi horietako bat, zeinaren lauza higatuek okelaren usain sendoa gordetzen baitute, garbitzen eta garbitzen aritu arren;