Pencroft, ostentatiously slipping two bullets into each barrel of his rifle, shook his head in a way which betokened nothing good to any one who approached too near him, whether "man or beast," as he said.
Pencroff, en glissant ostensiblement deux balles dans chaque canon de son fusil, secouait la tête, ce qui ne présageait rien de bon pour quiconque l'approcherait de trop près, «bête ou homme», dit-il.