Towards three o'clock in the morning the sky became overcast, and he went to the pit, where some mates explained to him the bad condition of the tubbing; they even thought that it would have to be done entirely over again, which would stop the output of coal for three months.
Vers trois heures du matin, le ciel devint sombre, il se rendit a la fosse, ou des camarades lui expliquerent le mauvais état du cuvelage: meme leur idée était qu'il y avait urgence a le refaire en entier, ce qui aurait arreté l'extraction pendant trois mois.