Seeing that the archdeacon had fallen back into his former immobility, he withdrew his head very softly, and made some noise with his feet outside the door, like a person who has just arrived and is giving warning of his approach.
Voyant que l’archidiacre était retombé dans son immobilité première, il retira sa tête très doucement, et fit quelque bruit de pas derrière la porte, comme quelqu’un qui arrive et qui avertit de son arrivée.