One of them I beat over the head with the butt of the whip, so that he dropped the cudgel with which he was about to strike me; then lashing the horse, I shook off the others and got safely away.
J'en assommai un avec le bout de mon fouet et il lâcha la trique dont il allait me frapper. Puis, je fouettai les chevaux, ce qui me débarrassa des autres, et je partis sain et sauf.