The heavy beam lay in the middle of the enclosure, and groans were heard from the poor wretches who had received its first shock, and who had been almost cut in twain, on the angle of the stone steps.
Le pesant madrier gisait au milieu du Parvis, et l’on entendait les gémissements des misérables qui avaient reçu son premier choc et qui avaient eu le ventre coupé en deux sur l’angle des marches de pierre.