He repeated the words with which he had intoxicated them at the time when he could keep them in hand like a faithful flock; but his power was dead, and only stones replied to him. He had just been struck on the left arm, and was drawing back, in great peril, when he found himself hemmed in against the front of the Avantage.
Il répétait les mots dont il les avait grisés, a l'époque ou il les tenait dans sa main, ainsi qu'un troupeau fidele; mais sa puissance était morte, des pierres seules lui répondaient; et il venait d'etre meurtri au bras gauche, il reculait, en grand péril, lorsqu'il se trouva traqué contre la façade de l'Avantage.