When, however, he noticed Étienne and Catherine at the wicket, he started and became very red, and was opening his mouth to refuse their names; then, he contented himself with the triumph, and a jeer. Ah! ah! so the strong man was thrown? The Company was, then, in luck since the terrible Montsou wrestler had come back to it to ask for bread?
Cependant, lorsqu'il aperçut au guichet Étienne et Catherine, il eut un sursaut, tres rouge, la bouche ouverte pour refuser l'inscription; puis, il se contenta de triompher, d'un air goguenard: ah! ah! le fort des forts était donc par terre? la Compagnie avait donc du bon, que le terrible tombeur de Montsou revenait lui demander du pain?