The engineer would not let him go down any more, and he would not go away from the pit, from which he was driven off; he could not even sit down and wait near his mother, he was so deeply stirred by the need to act, which drove him constantly on.
L'ingénieur ne le laissait plus descendre, et il ne s'éloignait pas de ce puits dont on le chassait, il ne pouvait meme s'asseoir et attendre pres de sa mere, agité d'un besoin d'agir, tournant sans relâche.