It seemed that they would never have done, still pouring over and pouring over, while our men leaned on their muskets and smoked their pipes looking down at this grand gathering and listening to what the old soldiers who had fought the French before had to say about them.
On eût dit qu'ils n'en finiraient pas, car il en venait, il en venait, sans interruption, pendant que nos hommes, appuyés sur leurs fusils, fumant leur pipe, regardaient là-bas ce vaste rassemblement, et écoutaient ce que savaient les vieux soldats qui avaient déjà combattu contre les Français.