The earth rang beneath the helter-skelter of their feet, rushing untiringly after the ball, which bounded over the ice; the weather was good, they did not fall in, they only ran the risk of breaking their legs.
La terre sonnait sous la débandade de leurs pieds, galopant sans relâche a la suite de la cholette, qui rebondissait sur la glace: c'était un bon temps, on n'enfonçait pas, on ne courait que le risque de se casser les jambes.