He made a few attempts to take his notes further, but the written words remained dead, a series of sullen, long-familiar question marks, and the moment in which he had seen through them into a vault lit by quivering candle flames would not be reawakened.
aspalditik ezagututako galdera goibel mordo hutsa zen, eta ez zitzaion berriro une hura ernatzen, zeinean galdera horien artetik begiratu baitzuen, kandela-sugar dardaratik argitutako ganga bati begiratuko ziokeen bezala.