But it was especially the estaminets and the bars which did a good trade, for the miners before being paid went to the counters to get patience, and returned to them to wet their pay as soon as they had it in their pockets.
Mais c'étaient surtout les estaminets et les débits qui faisaient une bonne recette, car les mineurs, avant d'etre payés, allaient prendre patience devant les comptoirs, puis y retournaient arroser leur paie, des qu'ils l'avaient en poche.