The Levaque woman was almost putting her shoulders out, being so large and soft that she had to come near to get her aim, in spite of Bouteloup's entreaties, and he dragged her back in the hope of being able to lead her away now that her husband had been taken off.
La Levaque se démanchait les épaules, si grosse, si molle, qu'elle avait du s'approcher pour taper juste, malgré les supplications de Bouteloup, qui la tirait en arriere, dans l'espoir de l'emmener, maintenant que le mari était a l'ombre.