Mentre davallava a pleret, s'encorbava cap amunt i garfia el cordill, i es gronxava cap avall i garfia l'aire intangible. La rialleta ana pujant i pujant de to: el gat es trobava a sis polsades de la testa del mestre obsessionat.
There was a garret above, pierced with a scuttle over his head; and down through this scuttle came a cat, suspended around the haunches by a string; she had a rag tied about her head and jaws to keep her from mewing; as she slowly descended she curved upward and clawed at the string, she swung downward and clawed at the intangible air.