واستقبلني في أوضة ستايرها مقفولة، وكان على مكتبه أبجورة واحدة كانت منورة الكرسي إللي قعدني عليه في وقت ما هو فضل قاعد في الضل. 
was much like an ordinary sitting room, with curtained windows, and a single lamp standing on the desk. The room in which he interviewed me Its light fell on the armchair in which he'd had me sit, while his own face stayed in shadow. 