And she sat down again, and waited still, without a word, with hard, fixed face. Jeanlin also, seeing that his den was invaded, prowled around with the frightened air of a beast of prey whose burrow will betray his booty. He thought of the little soldier lying beneath the rocks, fearing lest they should trouble his sound sleep; but that side of the mine was beneath the water, and, besides, their investigations were directed more to the left, in the west gallery.
Jeanlin, lui aussi, en voyant qu'on envahissait son repaire, avait rôdé, de l'air effaré d'une bete de proie dont le terrier va dénoncer les rapines: il songeait au petit soldat, couché sous les roches, avec la peur qu'on n'allât troubler ce bon sommeil; mais ce côté de la mine était envahi par les eaux, et d'ailleurs les fouilles se dirigeaient plus a gauche, dans la galerie ouest.