At the moment when he was coolly retying his shoulder knots, with his nose in the air, he saw the shadow approaching him with slow steps, so slow that he had ample time to observe that this shadow wore a cloak and a hat.
Au moment où il renouait nonchalamment ses aiguillettes, le nez au vent, il vit l’ombre qui s’approchait de lui à pas lents, si lents qu’il eut tout le temps d’observer que cette ombre avait un manteau et un chapeau.