At this moment the lacquey who had been standing behind the future ambassador wiped the latter's nose; and well it was that he did so, since otherwise an inelegant and superfluous drop would have been added to the soup.
Une horretan, atzean zeukan lekaioak sudurra xukatu zion enbaxadoreari, eta oso ondo egin zuen, zeren, bestela, platerean zegoenaren inolako antzik ez zuen tanta handi bat eroriko baitzatekeen zopara.