At the age of forty or fifty, and indeed during those younger years in which other men live prodigally and dilettantishly, happily procrastinating the execution of great plans, Aschenbach would begin his day early by dashing cold water over his chest and back, and then, with two tall wax candles in silver candlesticks placed at the head of his manuscript, he would offer up to art, for two or three ardently conscientious morning hours, the strength he had gathered during sleep.
Berrogei, berrogeita hamar urterekin, beste batzuk ilauntzen, fantasiatzen eta beren asmo handiak atzeratzen hasten diren adinean, berak goiz hasten zuen eguna, ur hotzezko dutxak bularrean eta bizkarrean hartuz;