In the meadow, cows were grazing, hidden by the reeds, and I heard their bells while, having dismounted from my bicycle, and my hands on the handlebar, I surveyed the country into which I was bringing tidings of such gravity.
Des vaches paissaient, cachées dans les roseaux de la prairie et j’entendais leurs cloches, tandis que, descendu de bicyclette, les deux mains sur mon guidon, je regardais le pays où j’allais porter une si grave nouvelle.