Ce ne fut que lorsque Lestrade parvint a passer sa main dans sa cravate et l’eut étranglé a moitié, qu’il comprit enfin l’inutilité de ses efforts. Meme alors, nous ne nous sentîmes surs de l’avoir dompté que lorsque nous eumes attaché ses pieds comme ses mains.
It was not until Lestrade succeeded in getting his hand inside his neckcloth and half-strangling him that we made him realize that his struggles were of no avail; and even then we felt no security until we had pinioned his feet as well as his hands.