In his fever of anxiety he had climbed the palings with agility in spite of his weight, and without troubling over the breaking wood; and now he was flattening himself along the tiles, and endeavouring to reach the window.
Dans sa fievre, malgré sa lourdeur, il avait monté au treillage avec agilité, sans se soucier des bois qui cassaient; et, maintenant, il s'aplatissait le long des tuiles, il s'efforçait d'atteindre la fenetre.