On arriving at the gallery of slender columns, he took breath for a moment, and swore against the interminable staircase by I know not how many million cartloads of devils; then he resumed his ascent through the narrow door of the north tower, now closed to the public.
Parvenu sur la galerie des colonnettes, il souffla un moment, et jura contre l’interminable escalier par je ne sais combien de millions de charretées de diables, puis il reprit son ascension par l’étroite porte de la tour septentrionale aujourd’hui interdite au public.