So as not to tear the skin, he pressed his two hands between his doubled-up knees, and he remained thus, rigid and irritated, with the gnawing pain in his neck, and his teeth chattering with fright.
Pour ne pas s'arracher la peau, il serra les deux mains entre ses genoux repliés. Roidi, irrité, il resta là, le cou rongé, les dents claquant de peur.