Il ramassa un fusil, vérifia qu’il était chargé, remua la poudre de l’amorce, nettoya la pierre, puis choisit une giberne bien garnie, et regarda encore de tous les côtés ; il était absolument seul au milieu de cette plaine naguère si couverte de monde.
He picked up a musket, saw that it was charged, shook up the powder in the priming, cleaned the flint, then chose a cartridge-pouch that was well filled and looked round him again in all directions; he was absolutely alone in the middle of this plain which just now had been so crowded with people.