They started up at the noise, but were ten times more confounded when they saw me, and the uncouth figure that I made. They made no answer at all, but I thought I perceived them just going to fly from me, when I spoke to them in English.
Ils se levèrent à ce bruit; mais ils furent deux fois plus troublés quand ils me virent, moi et la figure rébarbative que je faisais.