You had to live, did live, from habit that became instinct, in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard and except in darkness every movement scrutinized."
"Tínhamos que viver, vivíamos "com um hábito que se tornou num instinto, "no pressuposto de que qualquer som que fizéssemos "era escutado e, exceto na escuridão, "todos os movimentos eram analisados".