He backed quietly down the hall, half-stumbling at each step, turned at the foot of the stairs and started to run back upstairs to the flat. Then he thought better of it.
Atalondoan atzera jo zuen poliki, pauso bakoitzean ia oztopo eginez, eskaileraren oinean jiratu eta atzera eskaileratan gora abiatu zen korrika goiko pisuraino.