The day before, as Étienne was violently driving in his pick and drawing it out, he had received a jet of water in his face; but this was only an alarm; the cutting simply became damper and more unwholesome.
La veille, Étienne, comme il enfonçait violemment sa rivelaine et la retirait, avait reçu au visage le jet d'une source; mais ce n'était qu'une alerte, la taille en était restée simplement plus mouillée et plus malsaine.