The horse had smelled from afar his comrade, Trompette, for whom he had felt great tenderness ever since the day when he had seen him disembarked in the pit.
Le cheval avait reconnu de loin, au flair, son camarade Trompette, pour lequel il s'était pris d'une grande tendresse, depuis le jour ou il l'avait vu débarquer dans la fosse.