I cared not to drive a nail, or chop a stick of wood now, for fear the noise I might make should be heard: much less would I fire a gun for the same reason: and above all I was intolerably uneasy at making any fire, lest the smoke, which is visible at a great distance in the day, should betray me.
De peur que le bruit que je pourrais faire ne s'entendît, je ne me souciais plus alors d'enfoncer un clou, de couper un morceau de bois, et, pour la même raison, encore moins de tirer mon mousquet.