The sergeant had uttered a "By God!" for his left shoulder had nearly been put out, and his flesh bruised by a shock like the blow of a washer-woman's beetle against linen.
Le sergent avait lâché un nom de Dieu! l'épaule gauche a moitié démontée, la chair meurtrie par un choc sourd, pareil a un coup de battoir dans du linge.