Below, at Montsou, the Fauvelle sugar works were still going, but the Hoton sugar works had just been dismissing hands; there were only the Dutilleul flour mill and the Bleuze rope walk for mine-cables which kept up.
La-bas, a Montsou, la sucrerie Fauvelle marchait encore, mais la sucrerie Hoton venait de réduire son personnel, il n'y avait guere que la minoterie Dutilleul et la corderie Bleuze pour les câbles de mine, qui tinssent le coup.