But suddenly he understood Jeanlin's gesture. The sentinel was about to be relieved, and he went away, running off to bury himself at Réquillart, his heart crushed once more by the certainty of defeat; while the little scamp who ran beside him was accusing that dirty beast of a trooper of having called out the guard to fire at them.
Mais, brusquement, il comprit le geste de Jeanlin: on venait relever la sentinelle; et il s'en alla, il rentra en courant se terrer a Réquillart, le coeur crevé une fois de plus par la certitude de la défaite; pendant que le gamin, galopant pres de lui, accusait cette sale rosse de troupier d'avoir appelé le poste pour tirer sur eux.