The engineer remarked this; but although he carefully examined these points by the light of his lantern, he could find no impression, no fracture which could give any reason to suppose that they had either recently or at any former time been used as a staircase.
C'est une remarque que fit l'ingénieur; mais, en promenant avec soin sa lanterne sur ces saillies, il ne trouva aucune empreinte, aucune cassure, qui pût donner à penser qu'elles eussent servi à une escalade ancienne ou récente.