Maheu had pushed him, and Maheude was among those who grew furious, both of them satisfying their old spite; even Mouquette, who generally remained such good friends with her old lovers, was wild with this one, treating him as a good-for-nothing, and talking of taking his breeches down to see if he was still a man.
Maheu l'avait poussé, la Maheude était parmi celles qui s'acharnaient, satisfaisant tous les deux leur rancune ancienne; et la Mouquette elle-meme, qui restait d'ordinaire la bonne camarade de ses galants, s'enrageait apres celui-la, le traitait de bon a rien, parlait de le déculotter, pour voir s'il était encore un homme.