Pankin ovelle johti neljä askelmaa. Oven molemmilla puolilla oli kaksi mustaa takorautaista ovea. Mikael vilkaisi lyhyesti ympärilleen. Ihmisiä käveli kadulla, mutta häneen kiinnitti huomionsa ainoastaan toisella puolella kävelevä nuori nainen. Naisen hiukset olivat vaaleat. Niiden kiharat joustivat naisen kävellessä. Nainen katsoi Mikaeliin, hymyili ja puraisi alahuultaan. Naisella oli kirkkaanpunainen duffelitakki - talvi oli todellakin tulossa. Lyhyen hetken Mikaelin valtasi epätodellinen olo, ja hänen katseensa nauliutui punaiseen takkiin. Nainen huomasi, miten hymy syöpyi hetkeksi Mikaelin kasvoilta, ja hän näytti empivän askeliaan, ehkä aikoen pysähtyä.
There were four steps to the door of the bank. On both sides of the door were two black wrought-iron doors. Mikael took a look around briefly. People were walking on the street, but only a young woman walking on the other side was eyeing him. She was blonde. The curl of her hair bounced as she walked. She looked at Mikael, smiled and bit her lower lip. She was wearing a bright red duffle coat - winter was really coming. For a brief moment, Mikael was seized by an unrealistic feeling, and his eyes were fixed on the red coat. She noticed that the smile faded from Mikael's face momentarily, and she seemed to hesitate to step, probably intending to stop.
* johtaa : (intransitive) to lead to, reach to, result/end in
* askelma : step
* molempi : both
* takorautainen : of or made of wrought iron
* takorauta : wrought iron
* takoa : (transitive) to forge (shape a metal by heating and hammering)
* vilkaista : (intransitive) to glance, take a look
* vaalea : blond
* joustaa : to be elastic
* puraista : (transitive) to bite once
* alahuuli : lower lip
* huuli : lip
* duffelitakki : duffel coat
* vallata : (transitive) to seize, occupy, subdue, take over
* nauliutua : (intransitive, figuratively) to get stuck as if nailed
* naulita : (transitive) to nail
* syöpyä : to be eroded
* empivä : hesitant
* empiä : (intransitive, transitive, usually atelic) to hesitate, to be uncertain
* aikoa : (intransitive) to plan to do, intend to do, aim to do; to be going to do, will do (with first infinitive)
