Beside them, in the other tram, Chaval was loudly saying to Father Mouque that the directors had made a mistake in not taking advantage of the opportunity to free the pits of the blackguards who were corrupting them; but the old groom, who had already fallen back into the dog-like resignation of his existence, no longer grew angry over the death of his children, and simply replied by a gesture of conciliation.
A côté, dans l'autre berline, Chaval disait au pere Mouque, tres haut, que la Direction avait bien tort de ne pas profiter de l'occasion pour débarrasser les fosses des chenapans qui les pourrissaient; mais le vieux palefrenier, déja retombé a la résignation de sa chienne d'existence, ne se fâchait plus de la mort de ses enfants, répondait simplement d'un geste de conciliation.