Besides, he had never led them, it was they who led him, who obliged him to do things which he would never have done if it were not for the shock of that crowd pushing behind him.
Jamais, d'ailleurs, il ne les avait dirigés, c'étaient eux qui le menaient, qui l'obligeaient a faire des choses qu'il n'aurait pas faites, sans le branle de cette cohue poussant derriere lui.