But suddenly Zacharie became angry, for he discovered that a nail-maker, who had come in with his mates out of curiosity, was pinching his sister's thigh. She blushed and tried to make him be silent, trembling at the idea that all these nail-makers would throw themselves on Chaval and kill him if he objected to her being pinched.
Mais, brusquement, Zacharie se fâcha, en surprenant un cloutier, venu par curiosité avec les camarades, qui pinçait les cuisses de sa soeur; et elle, tres rouge, le faisait taire, tremblante a l'idée d'une tuerie, de tous ces cloutiers se jetant sur Chaval, s'il ne voulait pas qu'on la pinçât.