he had covered the table with a blanket, and was now employed in rolling the flattened mass of silver into a bar, an operation which he performed with marvelous dexterity. "Why, he must be as strong as Augustus, King of Poland!" said Eugene to himself when the bar was nearly finished.
Goriot zaharrak, kablea zabaldurik, zilarrezko orea hartu, mahai gainean paratu han bere estalkia hedatu ondoan, eta biribilkatu zuen barra-itxura emateko asmoarekin, lan hau erraztasun miragarriaz egin zuelarik.