He was just then on duty; he had not left his engine for a single day since the strike began, no longer talking, more and more absorbed by a fixed idea, which seemed to be shining like steel in the depths of his pale eyes.
Il était justement de service, il n'avait pas quitté sa machine un seul jour, depuis le commencement de la greve, ne parlant plus, absorbé peu a peu dans une idée fixe, dont le clou d'acier semblait luire au fond de ses yeux pâles.