Who would dare to be first to speak of submission? They had sworn with their mates to hold together, and hold together they would, as they held together at the pit when one of them was beneath a landslip.
Qui aurait osé parler le premier de soumission? on avait juré avec les camarades de tenir tous ensemble, et tous tiendraient, ainsi qu'on tenait a la fosse, quand il y en avait un sous un éboulement.