As the medieval knight Antonius Block returns from the wild goose chase of the Crusades and arrives on the rocky shore of Sweden, only to find the specter of death waiting for him, Mr. Teszler sat in the dark with his fellow students. And as death opened his cloak to embrace the knight in a ghastly embrace, I heard Mr. Teszler's tremulous voice: "Uh oh," he said, "This doesn't look so good." (Laughter) But it was music that was his greatest passion, especially opera.
Kako se srednjovjekovni vitez Antonius Blok vratio s potjere za divljim guskama i stigao na kamenu obalu Švedske samo da bi pronašao predosjećaj smrti koja ga čeka, gospodin Teszler je sjedio u mraku sa svojim prijateljima studentima. I kako je smrt otvorila svoj plašt da bi prigrlila viteza u mrtvački zagrljaj, čuo sam drhtavi glas gospodina Teszlera: „Oh, oh“, rekao je, „To baš ne izgleda dobro.“ Ali glazba je bila njegova velika strast, posebno opera,