Mais à peine le cheval de prise sentit le portemanteau, qu’il se mit à se cabrer, et Fabrice, qui montait fort bien, eut besoin de toute sa force pour le contenir.
But no sooner had the captured horse felt the weight of the portmanteau than he began to rear, and Fabrizio, who was an excellent horseman, had to use all his strength to hold him.