The head captain smiled at first; for the scheme of excluding women from the pit was not usually well received by the miners, who were troubled about placing their daughters, and not much affected by questions of morality and health.
Le maître-porion eut d'abord un sourire, car le projet d'exclure les femmes du fond répugnait d'ordinaire aux mineurs, qui s'inquiétaient du placement de leurs filles, peu touchés de la question de moralité et d'hygiene.