Un papel vulgar y chillón ornaba los tabiques, enmohecido a trechos y deteriorado de manera que las tiras desgarradas y colgantes dejaban de vez en cuando al desnudo el rancio yeso subyacente.
A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew, and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath.