The engine-man had disappeared as well as the few daylight workers; and he took hold of the starting lever, manipulating it while Levaque and two other climbed up the metal scaffold which supported the pulleys.
Le machineur avait disparu, ainsi que les quelques ouvriers du jour; et il s'empara de la barre de mise en train, il manoeuvra, pendant que Levaque et deux autres grimpaient a la charpente de fonte, qui supportait les molettes.