Then Tom bent to his task of pulling the garrotte tight, not a pleasant task-the trite phrase crossed his mind-but what about people who hadn't the merciful anaesthetic, unconsciousness?
Gero makurtu egin zen garrotea estutzeari ekiteko, ez oso lan atsegina-esaldi arrunt horixe pasa zitzaion burutik-, baina gizon hark konorterik gabe egoteko suertea zeukan behintzat.