The stones, in spite of his orders, went on hailing, and he was astonished and terrified by these brutes he had unmuzzled, who were so slow to move and then so terrible, so ferociously tenacious in their rage.
Les pierres, malgré ses ordres, continuaient a greler, et il s'étonnait, il s'effarait devant ces brutes démuselées par lui, si lentes a s'émouvoir, terribles ensuite, d'une ténacité féroce dans la colere.