And suddenly both his hands let go at once, and he rolled down like a ball, leapt at the gutter, and fell across the middle wall in such a way that, by ill chance, he rebounded on the side of the road, where his skull was broken open on the corner of a stone pillar.
Et, brusquement, ses deux mains lâcherent a la fois, il roula comme une boule, sursauta a la gouttiere, tomba en travers du mur mitoyen, si malheureusement, qu'il rebondit du côté de la route, ou il s'ouvrit le crâne, a l'angle d'une borne.