Il défit tranquillement la grande corde qu’il avait autour du corps et qui s’embrouilla deux fois ; il lui fallut beaucoup de temps pour la débrouiller et l’étendre sur le parapet.
He calmly unwound the big cord which he had round his body, and which twice became entangled; it took him a long time to unravel it and spread it out on the parapet.