So thoroughly did they succeed in throwing dust in the public's eyes that for a while every one-more especially the army of public officials-was placed in the position of a schoolboy who, while still asleep, has had a bag of pepper thrown in his face by a party of more early-rising comrades.
baina N hiriak aspaldi ez zuen inolako albiste berezirik jaso. Baziren hiru hilabete hirian ez zela zabaltzen hiriburuetan commeragé deritzeten horietakorik, eta, jakina denez, hiri batek garaizko elikagai-hornidura bezain premiazko ditu esamesak.