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Arkadi glaubte, Erasmo zu verstehen, der Typ Maschinist, der fröhlich unter Deck eines lecken Schiffs arbeitete, die Kolben schmierte, das Wasser abpumpte und das Schiff irgendwie in Bewegung hielt, während es schon in den Wellen versank.
Arkady thought he understood Erasmo, the type of engineer who labors happily below the deck of a sinking ship, lubricating the pistons, pumping out the water, somehow keeping the vessel moving while it settles in the waves.
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