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mantenía los ojos fijos en dos perros de hierro situados ante la chimenea apagada.
his own gaze was fixed on two cast-iron dogs that sat before the unlit fireplace.
Como fuera, esa misma noche me hice cargo de las nuevas tareas, convirtiéndome en lo que Mister Million llamaba «el recibidor» y David -subrayando la relación de la palabra con puerta- «el portero» de nuestra casa, con lo que en la práctica asumí las funciones simbólicamente ejecutadas por el perro de hierro del jardín.
In any event that same evening I took up my new duties and became what Mr Million called the “greeter” and David (explaining that the original sense of the word was related to portal) the “porter”, of our house—thus assuming in a practical way the functions symbolically executed by the iron dog in our front garden.
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