Having passied that obstacle, the horses started again at a trot, and Meaulnes was beginning to tire of looking out of the window in a vain effort to pierce through the surrounding darkness, when suddenly, in the depths of the woods, there was a flash of light followed by a report.
Cet obstacle franchi, les chevaux repartis au trot, Meaulnes commençait à se fatiguer de regarder à la vitre, s’efforçant vainement de percer l’obscurité environnante, lorsque soudain, dans la profondeur du bois, il y eut un éclair, suivi d’une détonation.