Next moment, the path turning to the left, the light appeared to slip to the right, and Meaulnes reaching a cross-road, in his hurry to regain the poor lodging, without thinking took a path which seemed to lead straight there.
Au bout d’un instant, le sentier déviant à gauche, la lumière parut glisser à droite, et, parvenu à un croisement de chemins, Meaulnes, dans sa hâte à regagner le pauvre logis, suivit sans réfléchir un sentier qui paraissait directement y conduire.