Then Deneulin, persisting, explained his struggle with Montsou, always on the watch and ready to devour him if, some day, he had the stupidity to come to grief.
Alors, Deneulin insista. Il expliquait sa lutte contre Montsou toujours aux aguets, pret a le dévorer, s'il avait un soir la maladresse de se casser les reins.