Father Bonnemort only, if he was there, opened his eyes with surprise, for in his time people used not to worry about things; they were born in the coal and they hammered at the seam, without asking for more; while now there was an air stirring which made the colliers ambitious.
Seul, le pere Bonnemort, s'il était la, ouvrait des yeux surpris, car de son temps on ne se tracassait pas de la sorte: on naissait dans le charbon, on tapait a la veine, sans en demander davantage; tandis que, maintenant, il passait un air qui donnait de l'ambition aux charbonniers.