On the way he caught up a band of women among whom he recognized Mother Brulé and the Levaque woman; as they walked they were eating chestnuts which Mouquette had brought; they swallowed the skins so as to feel more in their stomachs.
En route, il rattrapa une bande de femmes, parmi lesquelles il reconnut la Brulé et la Levaque: elles mangeaient en marchant des châtaignes que la Mouquette avait apportées, elles en avalaient les pelures pour que ça leur tînt davantage a l'estomac.