The idea of the two soldiers who had abandoned him occurred to his mind, and with them he remembered the assassins of two evenings before. He resolved this time to know with whom he had to deal, and fell upon the body of his comrade as if he were dead.
L'idée des deux soldats qui l'avaient abandonné lui revint à l'esprit et lui rappela ses assassins de la surveille; il résolut donc cette fois de savoir à quoi s'en tenir, et tomba sur le corps de son camarade comme s'il était mort.