Almost immediately the engineer of the mine, little Négrel, as the workmen called him among themselves, appeared at the top of the cutting, accompanied by Dansaert, the head captain.
Presque aussitôt, l'ingénieur de la fosse, le petit Négrel, comme les ouvriers le nommaient entre eux, parut en haut de la taille, accompagné de Dansaert, le maître-porion.