Fifteen metres higher they came on the first secondary passage, but they had to continue, as the cutting of Maheu and his mates was in the sixth passage, in hell, as they said; every fifteen metres the passages were placed over each other in never-ending succession through this cleft, which scraped back and chest.
Quinze metres plus haut, on rencontra la premiere voie secondaire; mais il fallut continuer, la taille de Maheu et consorts était a la sixieme voie, dans l'enfer, ainsi qu'ils disaient; et, de quinze metres en quinze metres, les voies se superposaient, la montée n'en finissait plus, a travers cette fente qui raclait le dos et la poitrine.