Chaval drew back trembling, and in the hustling the hammer fell; while other men, without waiting, battered the pump with blows from iron bars, blows from bricks, blows from anything they could lay their hands on.
Chaval tremblait, se reculait; et, dans la bousculade, le marteau tomba, pendant que les camarades, sans attendre, massacraient la pompe a coups de barres de fer, a coups de briques, a coups de tout ce qu'ils rencontraient sous leurs mains.