His mouth was wide open, and from it there escaped a cry which no one heard, not that it was covered by the general clamor, great as that was but because it attained, no doubt, the limit of perceptible sharp sounds, the thousand vibrations of Sauveur, or the eight thousand of Biot.
Sa bouche était toute grande ouverte, et il s’en échappait un cri que l’on n’entendait pas, non qu’il fût couvert par la clameur générale, si intense qu’elle fût, mais parce qu’il atteignait sans doute la limite des sons aigus, perceptibles, les douze mille vibrations de Sauveur ou les huit mille de Biot.