And-as old buildings are often constructed illogically, with an excess of corners and steps leading nowhere-they led some distance further beyond the level of the attic, so that one had to take a flight of wooden steps beyond the heavy locked iron door to get down to it.
Hor amaitu beharrean-eraikin zahar asko, logikarik gabe, maiz xederik ez duten zoko eta mailez hornituta dauden bezala-zoruaren paretik gora egiten zuen zati batean, ganbarako sarbidea ixten zuen burdinazko ate sendar bateraino. Ateaz bestaldean zurezko eskailera batetik jaitsi beharra zegoen, ganbarara ailegatu ahal izateko.