A sullen purple cloud had been drifting slowly up from the south- west--though I dare say that out of thirty thousand folk there were very few who had spared the time or attention to mark it.
Un nuage d'un rouge livide arrivait lentement du sud-ouest, je puis pourtant dire que parmi les trente mille spectateurs, il y en avait fort peu qui eussent du temps et de l'attention de reste pour s'en apercevoir.