they climbed up into the engine, and advancing very softly to my face, one of them, an officer in the guards, put the sharp end of his half-pike a good way up into my left nostril, which tickled my nose like a straw, and made me sneeze violently;
makinara igo eta poliki-poliki aurpegirantz hurbildu zitzaizkidalarik, haietako batek, guardiako ofizial batek, lantza-mutur zorrotza barrura samar sartu zidan ezkerreko sudurzulotik, lastoz bezala kili-kili egin eta doministiku eragin zidalarik bortizki;