Il allait continuer, mais, en levant les yeux, il vit cinq ou six hommes à trois cents pas sur la grande route qui s’avançaient à pied et d’un pas mesuré vers le lieu de la scène.
He was going to say more, but, on raising his eyes, saw five or six men at a distance of three hundred yards on the high road, who were advancing on foot and at a measured pace towards the scene of action.