For a year he had laboured there as a good, sober, silent workman, doing day-work one week and night-work the next week, so regularly that the masters referred to him as an example to the others.
Depuis un an, il y travaillait en bon ouvrier, sobre, silencieux, faisant une semaine le service de jour et une semaine le service de nuit, si exact, que les chefs le citaient en exemple.