Elles discutèrent en flamand avec leur mère ; mais, à chaque instant, des yeux attendris se tournaient vers notre héros ; il crut comprendre que sa fuite pouvait les compromettre gravement, mais qu’elles voulaient bien en courir la chance.
They talked with their mother in Flemish; but at every moment pitying eyes were turned on our hero; he thought he could make out that his escape might compromise them seriously, but that they would gladly incur the risk.