Im dritten Stockwerk mußte er seinen Schritt mäßigen, er war ganz außer Atem, die Treppen, ebenso wie die Stockwerke, waren übermäßig hoch, und der Maler sollte ganz oben in einer Dachkammer wohnen.
On the third floor he had to slow down his pace, he was quite out of breath - the steps, just like the height of each floor, were much higher than they needed to be and he'd been told that the painter lived right up in the attic.