He skirted a fir wood for some time, but at last, meeting a carter, he used his hands as a trumpet to inquire if he really were on the right road for Vierzon.
Il longea quelque temps un bois de sapins et rencontra enfin un roulier à qui il demanda, mettant sa main en porte-voix, s’il était bien là sur la route de Vierzon.