The lymph nodes had stopped swelling: they were still there, hard as iron screwed into the joints, and Rieux decided it was impossible to lance them.
Gongoilak puztetik geratu ziren. Han zirauten ordea, hiltzeak bezain gogorrak, artikulazioen hondoan sartuta, eta ezinezkoa iruditu zitzaion Rieuxi zabaltzea.