In fact, Bazin, curious to know what the mendicant could want with his master, kept pace with him as well as he could, and arrived almost at the same time he did; but his quickness was not of much use to him. At the hint from the mendicant his master made him a sign to retire, and he was obliged to obey.
En effet, Bazin, curieux de savoir ce que le mendiant voulait à son maître, avait réglé son pas sur le sien, et était arrivé presque en même temps que lui; mais cette célérité ne lui servit pas à grand-chose; sur l'invitation du mendiant, son maître lui fit signe de se retirer, et force lui fut d'obéir.