Then was heard a great noise of fagots being removed and of the groaning of posts; these were the counterscarps and bastions of Athos, which the besieged himself demolished.
Alors on entendit un grand bruit de fagots entrechoqués et de poutres gémissantes: c'étaient les contrescarpes et les bastions d'Athos, que l'assiégé démolissait lui-même.