The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge out of a Gothic window in the wall, became invisible, and struck the hours and quarters in the clouds, with tremulous vibrations afterwards as if its teeth were chattering in its frozen head up there.
Elizako dorre zaharra, zeinaren kanpaia bere leiho gotikoaren goi-goitik beti Scrooge iskiro behatzen zegoen, ikusezina egin zen, eta orduak eta laurdenak lainoen artean ematen zituen.