Cornelius Muller had a sheet detached from the tile in front of him, and after a while he began to tap it with the end of his gold ball-point pen, always in the same place, as though he were hammering in a pin.
Espedientetik hartutako orri bat zeukan Cornelius Mullerrek bere aurrean. Geroxeago, zarata egiten hasi zen, orriaren gainean bere urrezko boligrafoaren puntaz joz, beti leku berean jo ere, iskilinba bat mailuz idazmahaian sartzen arituko balitz bezala.