Sota el sostre, extensos aplecs de ratapinyades s'hi havien atapeit, a milers en cada esbart. Els llums molestaven les bestioles, i davallaren a colles, a cents, xisclant i precipitant-se furiosament a les candeles.
Under the roof vast knots of bats had packed themselves together, thousands in a bunch; the lights disturbed the creatures and they came flocking down by hundreds, squeaking and darting furiously at the candles.