There was some pushing, and Maheude found herself near Maheu. Both of them, driven out of their ordinary good sense, and carried away by the slow exasperation which had been working within them for months, approved Levaque, who went to extremes by demanding the heads of the engineers.
Il y eut des poussées, la Maheude se retrouva pres de Maheu, et l'un et l'autre, sortis de leur bon sens, emportés dans la lente exaspération dont ils étaient travaillés depuis des mois, approuverent Levaque, qui renchérissait en demandant la tete des ingénieurs.