He had been sitting, without knowing it, on the very verge of a small gully, the long grass hiding it from view; and in leaning a little back he had shot over, pie and all.
Il s’était assis, sans le savoir, tout au bord d’un petit fossé que les herbes lui avaient dissimulé et, se penchant un peu trop en arriere, y avait basculé, disparaissant corps et biens.