A large porcelain stove crackled beneath a cactus that filled up the niche in the wall, and in black wood frames against the oak-stained paper hung Steuben's "Esmeralda" and Schopin's "Potiphar."
Portzelanazko berogailu handi bat burrundan ari zen hormazuloko apala betetzen zuen kaktus baten pean, eta, zur beltzezko marko batzuetan, haritz-koloreko paperaren kontra, Steuben-en Esmeralda zegoen, Schopin-en Putiphar-ekin batera.