And as soon as the manager had jumped out of bed, his eyes still swollen with sleep, he was overwhelmed. Every quarter of an hour messengers came in, and dispatches fell on his desk as thick as hail.
Et, des que le directeur eut sauté du lit, les yeux gros encore de sommeil, il fut accablé: de quart d'heure en quart d'heure, des messagers accouraient, des dépeches tombaient sur son bureau, dru comme grele.