Mouque appeared with Bataille, whom he was leading to work, and he had to hold him with both hands, for the sleepy old horse had suddenly reared up, and, with a shrill neigh, was stretching his head towards the shaft.
Mouque parut avec Bataille, qu'il conduisait a la corvée; et il dut le tenir des deux mains, le vieux cheval somnolent s'était brusquement cabré, la tete allongée vers le puits, hennissant a la mort.