Not long afterwards
(вскоре: «не долго» после этого) I agreed to be searched by two of his officers (я дал согласие /на то/, чтобы меня обыскали два его чиновника/офицера: «быть обысканным двумя из его…»;search [sɜʧ:], whatever [wɔ:'tevə], given ['ɡɪv(ə)n]
Not long afterwards I agreed to be searched by two of his officers. Whatever they took from me would be given back when I left the country, I was told. I picked up the two officers and put them into my coat pockets.
They made a list of everything they saw
(они сделали ="In the right coat pocket of the Great Man Mountain
(в правом кармане кафтана Великого Человека-Горы) — for so I translaterough [rʌf], found [faund], your [jɔ:, jə /безударная форма/]
They made a list of everything they saw and gave it to the Emperor. I later translated this list into English. This is what it said:
"In the right coat pocket of the Great Man Mountain (for so I translate "Quinbus Flestrin"),
we found only one large, rough piece of cloth. This cloth is big enough to be a carpet in Your Majesty's chief room of state."In the left pocket we saw a huge silver box
(в левом кармане мы увидели громадный серебряный ящик/сундук) which we were not able to open (который мы не могли открыть). We asked the Man Mountain to open it (мы попросили Человека-Гору открыть его) and one of us stepped in (и один из нас ступил/вошел внутрь;huge [hju:dʒ], open ['əʋpən], both [bəʋθ]
"In the left pocket we saw a huge silver box which we were not able to open. We asked the Man Mountain to open it and one of us stepped in. He found himself up to his knees in a sort of dust which made us both sneeze.