Cette idée lui avait été suggérée par la présence de ses ouvriers qui, au nombre de vingt-cinq ou trente, formaient cercle autour des combattants, mais à distance fort respectueuse ; car on voyait ceux-ci courir à tout moment et s’élancer l’un sur l’autre.
He had a vague feeling that he was at a public display. This idea had been suggested to him by the presence of the workmen, who, to the number of twenty-five or thirty, formed a circle round the combatants, but at a most respectful distance; for at every moment they saw them start to run, and spring upon one another.