They were emptying his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at infant school - he really could not wait any longer to see whether the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped heavily on the floor.
Ellas le vaciaban su habitación, le quitaban todo aquello a lo que tenía cariño, el armario en el que guardaba la sierra y otras herramientas ya lo habían sacado; ahora ya aflojaban el escritorio, que estaba fijo al suelo, en el cual había hecho sus deberes cuando era estudiante de comercio, alumno del instituto e incluso alumno de la escuela primaria – ante esto no le quedaba ni un momento para comprobar las buenas intenciones que tenían las dos mujeres, y cuya existencia, por cierto, casi había olvidado, porque de puro agotamiento trabajaban en silencio y solamente se oían las sordas pisadas de sus pies.