Then his father, Nicolas Maheu, called Le Rouge, when hardly forty years of age had died in the pit, which was being excavated at that time: a land-slip, a complete slide, and the rock drank his blood and swallowed his bones.
Puis, son pere, Nicolas Maheu dit le Rouge, âgé de quarante ans a peine, était resté dans le Voreux, que l'on fonçait en ce temps-la: un éboulement, un aplatissement complet, le sang bu et les os avalés par les roches.