Par malheur un de ces coups de pointe blessa un hussard à la main : fort en colère d’être touché par un tel soldat, il riposta par un coup de pointe à fond qui atteignit Fabrice au haut de la cuisse.
As ill luck would have it, one of these thrusts wounded a hussar in the hand: highly indignant at being touched by so raw a recruit, he replied with a downward thrust which caught Fabrizio in the upper part of the thigh.