Young Törless had read his way through the lot in his greed for books, and some tritely tender notion from one short story or another would sometimes linger with him for a while, but it had no influence, no real influence, on his character.
Liburu egarriz Törless txikiak dena irakurri zuen, eta pare bat eleberritan aurkitu zuen berarengan tarte batez eragina izango zuen ideia hutsal eta samur bat edo beste, baina bere izaeran benetako eragina izango zuenik ez zuen ezer aurkitu.