When, that Saturday afternoon, having avoided corso Giovecca and the middle of town, I came out at the end of corso Ercole I from piazza della Certosa, I immediately noticed a small group of tennis players in the shade outside the Finzi-Continis' gate.
Larunbat arratsalde hartan via Ercole I muturrean agertu nintzenean (piazza della Certosa hurbiletik nentorren, Giovecca eta erdialdea saihesturik), berehala ohartu nintzen Finzi-Contini etxeko atalaurrean tenislari talde txiki bat zegoela itzalpean.