it was to the rise of this man and a hundred others like him, to their obscure intrigues and their tenacious greed and avarice, that was due the sense of death which was now, obviously, hanging darkly over these palaces;
hura gora iritsi izanari, bera bezalako beste ehun gora iritsi izanari, haien azpijoko ilunei, haien zikoizkeria tematsuari eta ezin-aseari zor zitzaien jauregi horiek goibeltzen zituen heriotz sentsazioa;