Songeant alors a l’anxiété avec laquelle ses compagnons devaient l’attendre — car son absence avait duré pres de cinq heures, — il mit sa main sur sa bouche et lança un joyeux hallo pour signaler son arrivée.
They must, he reflected, be awaiting him anxiously, for he had been absent nearly five hours. In the gladness of his heart he put his hands to his mouth and made the glen re-echo to a loud halloo as a signal that he was coming.