He had some trouble in breaking the eggs - or rather not so much trouble in breaking them exactly as in getting them into the frying-pan when broken, and keeping them off his trousers, and preventing them from running up his sleeve; but he fixed some half-a-dozen into the pan at last, and then squatted down by the side of the stove and chivied them about with a fork.
Il eut quelque difficulté a casser les oeufs – ou plus exactement a les faire atterrir dans la poele, une fois cassés, et non sur son pantalon ou dans la manche de sa chemise. Pour finir, il en plaça une bonne demi-douzaine dans la cible et s’accroupit aupres du réchaud afin de les battre a l’aide d’une fourchette.