But the buildings especially were growing torpid, the screening-shed with closed shutters, the steeple in which the rumbling of the receiving-room no more arose, and the machine-room grown cold, and the giant chimney too large for the occasional smoke.
Mais les bâtiments surtout s'engourdissaient, le criblage aux persiennes closes, le beffroi ou ne montaient plus les grondements de la recette, et la chambre refroidie des générateurs, et la cheminée géante trop large pour les rares fumées.