I was thus asking myself questions, and mechanically taking between my fingers the sheet of paper mysteriously disfigured with the incomprehensible succession of letters I had written down; and I repeated to myself "What does it all mean?"
Y mientras me dirigía a mí mismo estas preguntas, cogí maquinalmente la hoja de papel en la cual se hallaba escrita la incomprensible serie de letras trazadas por mi mano, diciéndome varias veces: