Arrivé sur la plate-forme et entouré de sentinelles qui ordinairement criaient tous les quarts d’heure une phrase entière :Tout est bien autour de mon poste, il dirigea ses pas vers le parapet du couchant et chercha la pierre neuve.
Landing upon the platform where he was surrounded by soldiers, who ordinarily called out every quarter of an hour a whole sentence: "All's well around my post!" he directed his steps towards the western parapet and sought for the new stone.