Remembering, however, that he ought to be ready to leave at a moment's notice, he carefully folded his overall and his other school things like travelling clothes on the back of a chair and put his hobnailed shoes, still thick with mud, under the chair.
Cependant, songeant qu’il devait se tenir toujours prêt à partir, il plia soigneusement sur le dossier d’une chaise, comme un costume de voyage, sa blouse et ses autres vêtements de collégien ; sous la chaise, il mit ses souliers ferrés pleins de terre encore.