Father Mouque, who had brought back Bataille without hurrying, was still holding him by the bridle, both of them stupefied, the man and the beast, in the face of this rapid flow of the inundation.
Le pere Mouque, qui avait ramené Bataille, sans hâte, le tenait encore par la bride, tous les deux stupéfiés, le vieux et la bete, devant la hausse rapide de l'inondation.