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Fuesen cuales fuesen, mis esperanzas no quedaron defraudadas, ya que allí, en nuestro banco alumbrado por la luna argentífera, se hallaba una figura blanca como la nieve, medio acostada.
Whatever my expectation was, it was not disappointed, for there, on our favourite seat, the silver light of the moon struck a half-reclining figure, snowy white.
Detrás de cada buitre había un sol cuyos rayos semejaban los pétalos de una flor. Todas las figuras tenían incrustaciones de oro argentífero. El brillo plateado de las hojas demostraba que habían sido templadas.
The birds were rendered in such detail that every feather was shown, and beyond the figures a sun rose in a burst of rays like a flower. The engravings were inlaid with electrum, an alloy of gold and silver, and from the silvery sheen of the blades it was clear that they had been tempered.
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