Only now and again one of them, using his wrist as prop, lifted himself up, slid down to the ground, and passed into the dining- room; then one of those who had finished looking at the pictures came to take his place.
De temps en temps seulement, l’un d’eux, arc-bouté sur les poignets, se soulevait, glissait à terre et passait dans la salle à manger : un de ceux qui avaient fini de regarder les images venait prendre sa place…