The great foundation-beam of the door had been chipped and hacked through, with tedious labor; useless labor, too, it was, for the native rock formed a sill outside it, and upon that stubborn material the knife had wrought no effect; the only damage done was to the knife itself.
La gran post que hi havia al peu de la porta havia estat estellada i feta miques amb tediosa tasca. Inútil treball, tanmateix, perque la roca viva formava una llinda al defora, i sobre aquest material obstinat el ganivet no havia aconseguit res: l'únic mal se l'havia fet el ganivet mateix.