As I examined the members of the morning council from my porthole, they all seemed rather seriously ill, malarial, alcoholic, syphilitic in all likelihood; at a distance of thirty feet, their visible decay was some consolation for my own troubles.
Goizeko biltzar hartako partaideek, nere zokotik aztertuta, denak larriki erituak iruditzen zitzaizkidan, paludikoak, alkoholikoak, sifilitikoak segur aski, hamar metrotara antz emateko moduko hondamen horrek pixka bat kontsolatzen ninduen neure kexka partikularrez.